ARMY LINEAGE SERIESInactivated 5 May 1971 at Fort Hood, T exas, and relieved from assign ment to the...

ARMY LINEAGE SERIES

AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

Compiled by

J anice E. McKenney

CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY

UNI TED STATES ARMY

WASHINGTON, D.C., 2000

U.S. Anny Center of Milita?)l Hist01y

Brig . Gen. Doug las Kinnard , USA (Re t.), Chief of Military Histor y

Chicr Historian Chief, Hiswrical Services Division

Ediwr in Chid

David F. Trask Col. David L. Lemon

J ohn W. Elsberg

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

McKenney, .J anice E., 1942-Air derense anillery.

(Army lineage series) Includes bibliographies. I. Anti-aircrart arti lle ry-United States- Histo ry.

2. United States- Air defenses, Milit a ry- History. I. Title. II. Series. UG733.M35 1984 358'. 13'0973 84- 14538

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Foreword Air defense artillery units have a proud heritage dating back to the

dawn of this country's history when the colonists erected fo rtifications and emplaced artillery pieces to defend against attack from the sea. Seacoast defense continued to be the primary mission of "foot" artillery units (as opposed to mounted field a r tillery units) until World War 1, when a new dimension in warfare emerged-attack from the air. Through World War II , the Korean War, and Vietnam, air defense artillery units served as an ind ispensable part of the armed forces of the United States.

The lineages, honors, and heraldic items included in this volume should increase the historical awareness of air defense artillery sold iers as well as their pride in their units. Successfu l military organ izations are founded upon the positive attitude of their members-soldiers with a strong sense of belonging to their unit and enthusiastic about its being their own . It is our hope that this volume will contribute to the espirit de corps of the air defense artillery.

Because of a desire to make the Army Lineage Series available to soldiers in the fie ld as quickly as possible, th is book does not contain the narrative history of the arm that previous volumes included. We hope that the volume wi ll prove as usefu l and popular as earlier works in the series .

Washington, D.C. I December 1983

D ouGLAS KINNARD

Brigadier General, USA (Ret.) Chief of Military History

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Preface Air cl~fense artillery troops are those who fight with weapons and

equipment designed to combat air targets from the ground. This volume on air defense artillery in the United States Army deals with the organization of such units at the level of regiments and below. Air defense artillery groups and brigades will be covered in a subsequent volume in the Army Lineage Series.

This volume gathers in compact form the official historica l records of all air defense arti llery regiments in the United States Army in order to perpetuate and publicize their trad itions, honors, and heraldic entitlements. I t includes the lineage and honors of the twenty-four Regular Army and ftve Army National Guard air defense artillery regiments in the force structure at the end of' 1982. The lineages include the Regular Army and Army Reserve elements of each regiment that have been active since the inception of the Combat Arms Regimental System in 1957 .

The lineage and honors certificate of a unit is an outline history in a highly stylized format. The unit lineages in this volume are adapted from the official certificates. The data has been compressed to save space, but the information is the same, which accounts for the technical la nguage. used. A Glossary of Lineage T erms appears at the end of the volume to assist the reader in understand ing that language. The lineage begins with the official designation o f the unit, followed by its special designation, as approved by the Center. The events in the life of a unit are restricted to a few specific actions, such .as activation, inactivation, and redesignation. Campaigns and decorations for each battalion under the Combat Arms Regimental System include a ll the honors of the parent regiment. Asterisks appearing in the list of honors indicate the honors for which a particu lar un it is the emning mgcmiz.ation. This d istinction means that either the unit itsel f or a unit from which it is directly descended earned the honor. For batteries and detachments (those that have not been used to form battalions), on ly the honors for wh ich the batteries or detachments are the eaming ttnits are listed. In these instances, asterisks are not used since all of the honors are ea rned. General orders announcing decorations arc shown parenthetically for parent regiments and for those decorations or their components for which the elements are the eam.ing units.

The Organizational History Branch is responsible fo r the determination of official unit lineages and honors, and the lineages that appear in this volume are the result of research clone by many members of the branch, past and present. The compiler brought all the lineages up to date and prepared the un it bibliographies with the assistance of Mr. Charles E. Dornbusch's comprehe nsive bibliography e ntitled Histories, Personal

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Narrative, United States A1·my (Cornwall ville, N.Y.: Hope Farm Press, 1967) and the U.S. Army Military History Institute's similar work-compiled by Colonel George S. Pappas-entitled United States A1·my Unit Histories (Carlisle Barracks, 197 1 ). Most of the unit histories cited are unofficia l works that were prepared outside the Department of the Army. They are, nevertheless, valuable sources of additional information about the units.

Descriptions of coats of anns and distinctive insignia approved for air defense artillery regiments are included with the lineages. These descriptions and the color illustrations of the heraldic items were furnished by T he Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army; the compiler is especially gratefu l to Dr. Opal Landrum and Mrs. Adele Richey for their assistance. Ms. Barbara I-I. Gilbert of the Center's Ed itorial Branch prepared the manuscript fo r publication. Minor changes in heraldic material have been made to meet the need for brevity in this volume. At the beginning of the color illustrations is a brief account of the evolution of these items.

Since the Center of Military History is responsible for the determination and publication of unit lineages and honors under Army Regulation 870-5, comments are invited and should be add ressed to the Center, Washington, D.C. 20314-0200.

Washington, D.C. I December 1983

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.J ;\NICE E. M c i<F.NN EY

Contents

H ERALDIC lTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

LINEAGES AND H ERALDIC DATA 1st Air Defense Artillel)' .............................. . .. . .. , . . . . . . . 5 2d Air Defense ATtilleJ)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3d Ai1· Defense ArtilleJ)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 4th Air Defense Artillel)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 5lh Air Defense Artille1)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 6th Mr Defense Mtilltny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 7th Ai1· Defense Mtille1y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 43d Ai1· Defense 1\rtillety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 44th Air Defense Artillel)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 51st Air Defense Artillery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 52d. Ail· D~feuse Artillery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 55th Air Defense ATtillet)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 56th Air Dlfense Artillet)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 57th Air Defense Artillet)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 59th Air Defense Arti!Let)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 60th Air Defense Artilt111)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 6 I st Ail· Defense M tillel)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

62d Ai-r Defense Artille1y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 65th Ah· Defense l\rtil/e1y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 67th Air Defense Artillery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 68th Ah· Defense Artil!ety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 71 st Air Defntse A rtillm)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 11/th Air Defense Artillety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 174t!t Air Defense Artille1y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 200th Air Defense Artillel)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 263d Air Defense Artillet)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 265lh Air Defense Artillel)' . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 517th Air Defense Arti!lel)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 562d Air Defense Mtillel)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

GLOSSA RY OF LINEAGE TERMS................................. 427

VII

Heraldic Items Herald ic items for Army organizations reflect history, tradition, ideals,

and accomplishments. Coats of arms, historic badges, and distinctive insignia have been so designed that each is distinctive to the organization for which approved. They serve as identifying devices, an inspiration, and an incentive for unity of purpose.

A coat of arms or a historic badge and a distinctive insignia are authorized for each regiment. The designs of these items are based on the lineages and battle honors of the organizations.

While the custom of bearing various symbols on shields, helmets, and flags existed in antiquity, hera ldry was not introduced until the Middle Ages. The use of he raldic devices became more prevalent with the increased use of armor and the requirements for insignia to assist in distinguishing friend from foe on the battlefield. The symbols selected for use on these devices were commemorative of incidents of valor, mythological beasts, and, later, other symbols to which specific symbolism was ascribed. These heraldic bearings were placed on a surcoat worn over the armor, from which the term coat of arms was derived. Gradually a formal system of heraldry evolved, complete with rules for design, use, and display. These rules or principles were for the purpose of facilitating designs that would be distinctive and easily recognized. Present-day heraldic devices stem from this heraldic system which was established during the twelfth and th irteenth centuries.

A complete coat of arms consists of a sh ield, a crest, and a motto. The shield, the most important portion of the arms, contains the field or ground on which the charges arc placed. T he crest as originally used was placed upon the top of the helmet of the chief or leader to enable his followers to distinguish him during battle. The crest is placed upon a wreath of six skeins or twists composed of the principal metal and principal color of the shield , alternately, in the order named. This wreath (or torse) represents the piece of cloth which the knight twisted around the top of his helmet, and by means of which the actual crest was attached. Mottoes have been in use longer than coats of anns, many of the older ones having originated from war cries. They usually are of an idealistic nature and sometimes allude to a well-known event in the history of the organization.

Some organizations are authorized historic badges of a symbolic composition in lieu of coats of arms. These badges are not shield-shaped, but they include mottoes.

The elements of the coal of arms or the badge, as applicable, are embroidered on the organizational Rag- the central element of which is the American eagle. The shield of the coat of arms is on the eagle's breast;

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a scroll bearing the motto is held in his beak; and the crest is placed above his head. On flags of those organizations which have historic badges in lieu of coats of arms, the badge is placed above the eagle's head and the sc roll bearing the motto is in his beak.

Distinctive insignia, manufactured in metal and e namel and worn on the uniform by all personnel of the regiment, usually are based on elements of the design of the coat of arms or historic badge. Thus the organizational Aag (color) and the distinctive insignia include the same design elements.

Heraldic ite ms today, as in the past, serve to distinguish specific organizations and their members.

rst Air Defense Artillery

2d Air Defense Artillery


4th Air Defense Artillery

6th Air Defense Art illery

7th Air Defense A rtillery

srst Air Defense Artillery

52d A ir Defense A rtillery


56th A ir Defense Artillery


59th Air Defe7tse Artillery

6oth Air Defense Artillery

6JSt Air Defense Artillery

6:ul Air Defense Artillery

65th A ir Defense Artillery

67th Air Defense Artiller)t

68th Air Defense Artiller·y

71 st A ir Defense Artillery

rrrth Air Defense Artiller''


2ooth Air Defense Artillery

263d A . tr Defense Artillery

e ense Artillery 265th Air D f

51 7th Air Defense Artillery

56:ul A ir Defense Artillery

1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Crest:

Motto: Symbolism:

Gules, two pallets argent, overall a cubit arm habjted in the artillery uniform of 1861 erased holding aloft a burning torch or, between two of a snake vert, lipped and eyed of the third above and behind a prickly pear cactus a ll proper, fesswise. On a wreath of the colors, argent and gules, a palmetto tree vert behind an arm embowed habited in the artillery uniform of 1861 issuing from the upper portion of an embattled tower and grasping a rammer staff fessways all or. Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals) . The shield is scarlet for artillery. With two white stripes, alluding to the campaign streamer of the War of 1812, the age of some of the units of the regiment is depicted. The snake and cactus, from the State Seal of Mexico, represent the Mexican War. The hand holding the torch of loyalty commemorates the defense of Fort Pickens, the only fort south of Fort Monroe that remained !oyal to th e federal government throughout the Civil War.

T he arm and rammer staff rising out of a tower in front of a palmetto tree indicate participation in the Civil War at Fort Sumter. The palmetto tree is taken from the State Seal of South Carolina.

DISTI NCTIVE I NSIGNIA

The distinctive insignia is an adaptation of the crest and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HoNoRs

LINEAGE

Constituted I June 1821 in the Regular Army as the 1st Regiment of Artillery and organized from existing units with Headquarters at Fort Independence, Massachusetts. Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of Artillery Corps. Reconstituted I July 1924 in the Regular Army as the lst Coast Artillery and partially organized with Headquarters at Fort de Lesseps, Canal Zone. (lst Battalion activated I June 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone; inactivated 31 July 1926 at Fort

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Randolph, Canal Zone; I st and 2d Baualions activated 15 April 1 93~ at Forts She rman and Randolph, Canal Zone, respectively; 3d Battalion activated I 5 March I 940 at Fon Randolph , Canal Zone; I st and 2d Battalions inactivated 30 March 194 1 at Fons Randolph and Sherman, Canal Zone, respectively; l st and 2d Battalions activated 17 April 1942 at Fort Shennan, Canal Zone.) Regiment broken up I November 1944 and its elements reorganized and t·edesignated as fo llows: Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery as Headquarters a nd Headquar ters Battery, I st Coast Artillery Group; remainde r of regime nt as the I st Coast Artillery Battalion.

Headquarters and H eadquartet·s Battery, 1st Coast Artillery Group, redesignated 2 J anuary 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Harbor Defenses of Cristobal. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1947 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Redesignated 21 J une 1950 as Headquarters and Headqua rters Batte ry, l st Antia ircraft Artillery Group. Conso lidated 18 November 1952 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st AntiairCI·aft Artillery Group (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, I st Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated 15 April 1953 in Germany. Inactivated 26 December 1957 in Germany.

1st Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded I February 1946 a t Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Reconstituted 21 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the l st Coast Ar tillery, consisting of the 1st and 2d Battalions; I st and 2d Battalions concurrently redesignated as the l st and 54th Antiaircra ft Battalions, respectively.

1st Antiaircraft Battalion redesignated 17 March 1955 as the lst Antiaircraft Ani llery Missile Battalion. Activated 15 April 1955 at I rwin , Pennsylvania. Inactivated I September J 958 at Irwin, Pennsylvan ia.

54th Antiaircraft Battalion redesignated 15 December 1954 as the 54th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion and activated at the U.S. Army Chemical Center, Maryland. Inactivated I September 1958 at the U.S. Army Chemical Center, Maryland.

Headquarters and Headquarters Bauery, J st Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 1st and 54th Antiai rcraft Artillery Missile Battalions; and I st Field Artillery Banalion (organized in 1907) consolidated , reorganized, a nd redesignated 19 March 1959 as the lst Arti llery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimenta l System.

1st Artillery (less former 1st Field Artillery Battalion) re01·ganized and redesignated l September 1971 as the l st Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 1st Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage) .

ANNEX

Constituted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquaners Battery, l st Amiai rcraft Artillery Automatic

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Weapons Group. Activated 17 August 1942 al Fort Bliss, T exas . Redesignated 31 December 1943 as Headquarters ancll-leaclquarters Battery, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Gro up. Disbanded 13 February 1945 in France. Reconstitu ted 18 November 1952 in the Regular Army.

CAMI'/\ I CN P A RT IC I PATI ON C R EDIT

Wnr of 1812 Canada

Indian War., Seminoles Texas 1859

Mexican Wtll'

l';alo AILo Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contreras C hu rubusco C hapullepec T;unaulipas 1846 Vera Cruz 1847 Mexko 1847

Civil War Sumter (lull Ru n Mississippi River Peninsula Manassas Antie tam

D ECOR AT IONS

None .

Fredericksburg C l•anccl lorsvi lle Geuysburg Wilderness SpotS)'Ivania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenaudoah AppomatLox Florid<• 1861 Florida 1862 Flo rd ia 1864 South Carolina 1862 South Caro lina 1863 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864 West Vi rg inia 1863 Louisiana 1864

W()r/d Wm· /1 American T heaLer. SLreamer without

inscription T unisia Sicily Rome-Arno Rhine land


1st BATTALION, 1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (nondivisional)

Constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized in May 1798 as Capt. Lemuel Gates' Company, 2d Regiment of Arti llerists and Engineers. Redesignated 3 March 1799 as Capt. Lemuel Gates' Company, 4th Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 1 April 1802 as Capt. Lemuel Gates' Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated in 1807 as Capt. j ohn Walbach 's Company, Regiment of Arti llerists. Redesignated 11 J anuary 1812 as Capt. John Walbach's Company, lst Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Bvt. Maj. J ohn Walbach's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Bvt. Maj. J ohn Walbach's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 17 June 1816 as Company A, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 1 J une 1821 as Company I, lst Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 8th Company, Coast Artillery, Artill ery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 8th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 9th Company, Fort Grant [Canal Zone]. Redesignated 31 August [917 as the 9th Company, Coast Defenses of Balboa. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 8th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery A, 1st Coast Arti llery, and inactivated in the Canal Zone. Activated 1 June I 926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Inactivated 31 July 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Activated 15 April1932 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Inactivated 30 March 1941 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Activated 17 April 1942 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as Battery A, I st Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 1 February 1946 aL Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Reconstituted 2 1 J une 1950 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 1st Coast Artillery; concurrently redesignated as Battery A, I st Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesignated 17 March 1955 as Battery A, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missi le Battalion. Activated 15 April 1955 at Irwin, Pennsylvania.

Inactivated l September 1958 at Irwin, Pennsylvan ia; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery (active) (organized in 190 1), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery (organic elements constitu ted and activated 15 May 1958). Redesignated I May 1966 as the 1st Battalion, 1st Artillery.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the I st Bat-

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talion, lst Air Defense Artillery, and inactivated at West Point, New York (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 1st Field Artillery-hereafter sepa1·ate lineage). lst Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, activated I 3 September 1972 in Germany.

CAMI'AICN PARTICIPATION C REDIT

War of 1812 Canada

ludian IVars *Seminoles Texas 1859

Mexica11 War Palo AllO Resa<:a de Ia Palma Monterey

*Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Com reras *Churubusco *Molino del Rey *Chapultcpec Tamaulipas 18'16

*Vera Cruz 1817 Mexko 18117

CiviiWM Sumter

*Bull Run Mississippi Rive•·

*Peninsula Manas~as

*Antietam

D ECORAT IONS

None.

*Frcderi<:ksbu•·g *CI•anccl lorsville *Gcuysburg *Wilderness *Spotsylvania *Cold ll arbor *Petersburg Shenandoah

* Appommwx Florida 1861 Florida 1862 Florida 186'1

*Virginia 1861 *Vi•·ginia 1863

Virginia 1864 South Carolina 1862 South C:n·olina 1863 West Virginia 1863 Louisiana 1864

World War II *American Theater, Streamer without

inscription Tunisia Sicily Romc-Arno Rhim:land


2d BATTALION, 1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(nondivisional) LI NEAGE

Constituted I I J anuary 1812 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in july 1812 as Capt. Ichabod B. Crane's Company, 3d Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 18 14 as Capt. Ichabod B. Crane's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Capt. Ichabod B. Crane's Company, Corps of Artille ry, Northern Division . Redesignated 17 June 1816 as Company D, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated l.J une 1821 as Company B, l st Regiment of Artille ry.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 2d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 2d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 18 J uly 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Ruger [Hawai i]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 11th Company, Coast Defenses of Oahu. Redesignated in February 1921 as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Honolulu. Redesignated 30J une 1922 as the 2d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Inactivated 1 J uly 1922 at Honolulu , Hawaii.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery B, 1st Coast Artillery. Activated J .June 1926 at Fort Randolph , Canal Zone. Inactivated 3l .J uly 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Activated 15 April 1932 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Inactivated 30 March 1941 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Activated 17 April 1942 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as Battery B, 1st Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 1 February 1946 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Reconstituted 21 .J une 1950 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 1st Coast Artillery; concurrently redesignated as Battery B, 1st Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesignated 17 March 1955 as Battery B, lst Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated 15 April 1955 at I rwin, Pennsylvania. Redesignated 26 October 1956 as Battery B, 74th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery (active) (organized in 1901), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery, an element of the 4th Infantry Division (organic elernents constituted and activated 1 April 1957). Inactivated l October 1963 at Fort Le>vis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division. Redesignated 14 J uly 1966 as the 2d Battalion, 1st Arti llery. Activated 24 August 1966 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, lst Artillery) I September 1971 as the 2dl Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (former


I leadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery, concurrently reorgan ized and redesignated as the 2d Baual ion, I st Field Artille ry-hereafter separate lineage). 2d Battalion , 1st Air Defense Artillery, activated 13 September 1972 in Get·many.

CAMPAIGN P ARTICIPATIO

War of 1812 *Canada

Indian Wmo *Seminoles Texas 185!)

Mtxiam War *Palo Alto *Resaca de Ia Palma ~lonterey

*Vera Cruz *Cerro Cordo *Contreras *Churubusco *Chapuhepec *Tarnaulipa~ 18411 *Vera Cnal 1847 *Mexico 1847

CiviiiVar Sumter L3ull Run Mississippi River Peninsula Manassas Anticlam

D ECORATIONS

None.

CREDIT

Fredericksburg Chanccllorsvllle Gcuysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania

*Cold llarbor * Petersburg Shenandoah

*A pp0111<1llOX Florida 186 I Floa·ida 18()2

* Florida I 1:!64 *South Carolina 1862 *South Carolina 1863

Virginia 1863 *Virginia 186 1

West Virginia 1863 Louisiana 1864

World Wtll II *American Thcatea·, Streamer without

inscription Tunisia Sicil)' Rome-J\ rno Rhineland



(inactive)

LINEAGE

Organized in 18 15 in the Regular Army at Plattsburgh Ba rracks, New York, as Capt. Francis Stribling's Company of Light Artillery (under the command of Lt. Nelson Freeland), Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 1 May 1816 as Bvt. Maj. Alexander S. Brooks' Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 18 16 as Company C, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 1 J une 1821 as Company C, 1st Regime nt of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 3d Company, Coast Artillery, Artille ry Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 3d Company, Coast Anillery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort H am ilton [New York]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Southern New York.

Reorganized and redesignated I J anuary 1918 as Battery C, 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 June 1922 as the 3d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; add itional designation abolished I July 1924.) Inactivated 30 September 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery C, I st Coast Artillery. Activated 15 April 1932 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone . Inactivated 30 March 1941 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Activated 17 April 1942 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as Battery C, 1st Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 1 February 1946 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Reconstituted 21 J une 1950 in the Regular Army as Battery C, I st Coast Artillery; concurrently redesignated as Battery C, lst Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesignated 17 March 1955 as Battery C, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated 15 April 1955 at Irwin, Pennsylvan ia.

Consolidated 1 September 1958 with Battery C, 1st Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1898), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 1st Artillery (organic elements constitu ted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, I st Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery C, 1st Field Artillery Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery (former Battery C, 1st Field Arti llery Battalion concurre ntly redesignated as the 3d Battal ion, l st Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 3d Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, inactivated 30 August 1974 at Irwin, Pennsylvania.

LI NEAGES AND H ERALDIC DATA

CAMPAIGN P A RT I CIPATI ON C Rt::orr

War of 1812 Canada

Indian Wars *Seminoles *Texas 1859

Mexiwu War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma

*Monterey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contreras Churubusco Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846 Vera Cruz 1847 Mcxiw 1847

Ciuil War Sumter Bull Run Mississippi River Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gcu ysblll·g

D ECORATIONS

None.

Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold l larbor

*Petersburg Shenandoah Appomattox Florida 1861 Florida 18(i2 Florida 1864

*North Carolina 1862 South Carolina 1862

*Soul11 Carolina 1863 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864 West Virginia 1863 Louisiana 1864

World War/ *St. Mihicl *Meuse-Argonnc *Lorraine 1918

World Wllr II *American Theate•·, Streamer without

inscrip1 ion T unisia Sicily Rome-Amo Rhineland

13


4th BATTALION, 1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LI NEAGE

R A (none! i visional)

Orga nized in 1815 in the Regular Army at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, as Capt. J ohnS. Peyton's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artille ry. Redesignated in March 1816 as Capt. J ohn L. Eastman's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 18 16 as Company G, Regiment of Ligh t Artillery . Redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company D, 1st Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 4 th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 4th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesig nated 5 August 19 16 as the 13th Company, Fort Mills [Philippine islands). Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 13th Company, Coast Defenses of Man ila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 J une 1922 as the 4th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 J u ly 1924 as Battery D, 1st Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Philippine Isla nds. Activated 15 Apri ll 932 at Fort Randolph , Canal Zone. Inactivated 30 March 1941 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone.

Absorbed 1 Novem ber 1944 by the I st Coast Artillery Battalion. (1st Coast Artillery [ less H eadquarte rs and H eadquarters Battery] reorganized a nd redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 1st Coast Artillery Battalion; disbanded 1 February 1946 at Fon Sherman, Canal Zone.) Former Battery D, I st Coast Artillery, reconstituted 2 1 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery D, J st Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesig nated 17 March 1955 as Battery D, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missi le Battalion. Activated 15 April 1955 at I rwin, Pennsylvan ia. Redesignated 26 October 1956 as Battery D, 74th Antia ircraft Artille ry Missile Battalion.

Consolidated I September 1958 with Battery D, 1st Field Artillery (organ ized in 1792), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion , I st Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated I. September 1958). Redesig nated 20 December 1965 as the 4th Battalion, 1st Artille ry.

Reorganized and redesignated (less form er Battery D, lst Field Arti llery) l September 197 1 as the 4th Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery (former Battery D, I st Field Artillery, concu rrently redesignated as the 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery- he reafter separate lineage).

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA

CAMP/\ IC:N P A RT I.C.II>J\TI ON CREDIT

War of /812 Canadil

Indian Wars *Seminoles Texas 1859

Mexican Wor *Palo Al.to *Resac;t de Ia Palma *Momere)'

Vera Cru7. Cerro Gordo

*Contre ras *Churubusco *Chapultepec *Tamaulipas 18•16 *Vera Cruz 1847 *Mexico 184 7

Civil War Sumter Bull Run Mississippi River Peninsula Manassas An tietam

D ECORATIONS

None.

Fredericksburg Chattcellorsl'i ilc Geuysburg

*Wild erness Spotsylvania

*Cold Harbor *Petersburg Shenandoah Appomattox Florida 18() I Flor ida 1862 Florida 1864

*Soul h Carolina 1862 South Carolina 1863 Virg inia 1863

*Virginia 1864 West Virgini;t J 863 Lousiana 1864

World War II *American Theater. Streamer without

inscription T unisia Sicily Rome-A 1'11 o Rhineland

15


5th BATTALION, 1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

LtNEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 3 March 1847 in the Regular Army as Company M, 1st Regiment of Arti llery. Organized I October 1847.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 1Oth Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the lOth Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated l8July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort DeRussy [Hawaii). Redesignated 31 August 191 7 as the 9th Company, Coast Defenses of Oahu. Redesignated 21 February 192 1 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Honolulu. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the lOth Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated l July 1924 as Battery E, 1st Coast Artillery. Inactivated 30 March 194 I at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Activated 17 Aprill942 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Inactivated 20 August 1943 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone .

Absorbed l November 1944 by the 1st Coast Artillery Battalion. ( lst Coast Artillery [less Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery] reorganized and redesignated I November 1944 as the Lst Coast Artillery Battalion; d isbanded 1 February 1946 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.) Former Battery E, 1st Coast Artillery, reconstituted 21 J une 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery A, 54th Antiaircrafl Battalion. Redesignated 15 December 1954 as Battery A, 54th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion , and activated at the U.S. Army Chemical Center, Maryland. Redesignated I August 1956 as Battery A, 602d Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Consolidated I Seprember 1958 '>vith Bauery E, 1st Field Artillery (organized in 18 12), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 1st Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated I September 1958). Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 5th Battalion, I st Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery E, lst Field Artillery) l September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, I st Air Defense Artillery (former Battery E, 1st Field Anillery, concurrently redesignated as the 5th Battal ion, 1st Field Artille ry-he reafter separate lineage). 5th Battalion , 1st Air Defense Artillery, inactivated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

LI NEAGES J\ND H ERALDIC DATA

CA?.II'A I(;N P ,\RTI C II'ATIO

\V11r of /8 12 Canada

/11(/um \Van Seminoles

*Texas 1859

i\Jit xirnll War l'alo 1\lto Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey Vera Cruz Cer ro Gordo Contreras C hurubusco C hapultcpec ·nm1aulipas 184() Vera Cn•Y. 1847 Mexico 18'17

Ciuil War Sumte•· 13ull Run Mississippi River Peninsula Manassas A111 ietam Fredericksburg

D ECOR ATI ONS

None.

Ctu:orr Chanccllm·s,·ille Gcuysburg Wildemess SpotS)•Ivania

*Cold llarbor *Petersburg Shenandoah

*Appomattox Florida 1861 Flo•·ida 1862

*Florida 1864 *South Carolina 18G2 South Carol ina 1863 Virginia 1863

*Vi•·ginia 18G4 West Virginia 1863 Louisiana 18!i4

WIJrld War I/ *American Theater, Streamer without

inscription Tunisia Sicily Rome-Arne) Rhineland

17



(inactive) LtNEJ\GE

Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regu lar Army as a company in the 3d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in February 1812 as Capt. Robert G. Hite's Company, 3d Regiment of Arti llery, at Governor's Island, New York. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. Robert G. Hite's Company, Corps of Artillery . Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Capt. Robert G. Hite's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 27 July 1815 as Bvt. Maj.James H . Boyle's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 12 March 1816 as Capt. Moses Swett's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 17 June 1816 as Company B, 4th Battal ion , Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated I J une J 821 as Company F, 1st Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February J 90 Las the 5th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesig nated 2 February 1907 as the 5th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Williams [Maine]. Redesignated 21 July 1917 as Battery H, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artille1·y Corps. Redesignated 5 February J 918 as Battery I-I , 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery F, 43d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 17 August 1921 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. (Additionally designated 1 june 1922 as the 5th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 j uly 1924.)

Redesignated ! j uly 1924asBatteryF, lstCoastAr tillery. Activated 15 April 1932 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Inactivated 30 March 194 1 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Activated 17 Apri l 1942 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.

Absorbed I November 1944 by the I st Coast Artillery Battalion. ( lst Coast Arti llery [ less 1-leadquarters a nd 1-l eadquartC J"S Battery] reorganized and redesignated I November 1944 as the 1st Coast Artillery Battalion; d isbanded I February 1946 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.) Former Battery F, lst Coast Artillery, reconstituted 21 Ju ne 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery B, 54th Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesignated 15 December 1954 as Battery B, 54rh Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion, and activated at the U.S. Army Chemical Center, Marylane!. Inactivated 1 September I 958 at Cronhardt, Maryland.

Consolidated 17 March 1959 with Battery F, l st Field Artillery (organized in 1861 ), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Rocket Howitzer Battalion, lst Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, a llotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 79th I nfantry Division (organic clements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 6 Ap1·il I 959 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 15 February 1963 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,


and relieved from assignment to the 79th Infantry Division. Redesignated 24 November 1967 as the 6th Battalion, 1st Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 21 July 1969 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division.

Redesigna ted (less former Battery F, 1st Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, I stAir Defense Artillery (former Batte ry F, l st Field Artillery, concurre ntly redesignated as the 6th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

CAMPAIGN P A RT I CI PAT ION CREDIT

War of 18 12 *Canada

l nt/i(lll Wm:5 *Seminoles T exas 1859

Meximn War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Momcre)•

*Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Comreras *Citu rubusco *Chapul tcpcc Tamaulipas 1846

*Vera Cruz 1847 *Mexico 1847

Civil War Sumter Hull Run

*Mississippi River Peninsula Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg

Dt~CORA"rJONS

None.

Chanccllorsville Geuysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Pe tc t·sburg Shenandoah Appomauox

*Florida 1861 *florida 1862

Florida 1864 South Carol ina 1862 Somh Carol ina 1863 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864 West Virginia 1863

*Louisiana 1864

World War I *St. Mihie l *Meusc-Argonnc


inscription Tunisia Sicil)• Rome-A rno Rhineland


7th BATTALION, 1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY AR

LI NEAG£ (inactive) Organized in 1814 in the Regular Arm y as Lt. Francis Stribling's

Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 30 J une 1814 as Capl. Francis Stribling's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Consolidated in June 1815 with Capt. Adam Larrabee's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery (organized in 1814), and Capt. Thomas Ketcham's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Arti llery (organized in 1814), and consolidated unit redesignated as Bvt. Lt. Col. Nathan Towson's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 1816 as Company D, Regimant of Light Artillery. Redesignated 1 J une 1?21 as Company H , lst Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February I 90 I as the 7th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 Febrt,ary 1907 as the 7th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 30 June 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Banks [Massachusetts]. Redesignated 21 July 1917 as Battery K, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 7 March 19 18 as the 6th Battery, Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery D, 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated J J unc 1922 as the 7th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps; additional designation abolished I July 1924.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Headquarte rs Battery, 1st Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated l November I 944 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Coast Artillery Group. Redesignated 2J anuary I 945 as H eadquarters Battery, Harbor Defenses of Cristobal. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1947 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Redesignated 2 I June 1950 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Consolidated 18 November 1952 with Headquarters Battery, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Battery, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated 15 April 1953 in Germany. Inactivated 26 Decembe r 1957 in Germany.

Consolidated 19 March 1959 with Headquarters Batte1·y, 1st Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 19 16), a nd consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Howitzer Battalion, lst Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 83d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 20 March 1959 with Headquarters at Cleveland , Ohio. Redesignated 15 April 1963 as the 7th Battalion, I st Artillery. Inactivated 31 December I 965 at Cleveland , Ohio, a nd rel ieved [rom assignment to the 83d Infantry Division.

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DAT A 21

Redesignated (less former Headquarte rs Battery, 1st Field Artillery Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 7th Battalion, 1st Air Defe nse Artille ry (former Headquarte rs Batte ry, 1st Field Artillery Battalion , conc urrently redesignated as the 7th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters Battery, I st Antiaircraft Artillery Au tomatic Weapons Group. Activated 17 August 1942 at Fon Bliss, T exas . Redesignated 31 December 1943 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Antiaircraft Art ille ry Gro up. Disbanded 13 February 1945 in France. Reconstituted 18 November 1952 in the Regular Army.

CAMPA I GN P A RT IC IPATI O N C REDI T

Wurof /8 12 *Canada

lmlia11 Wrm *Seminoles Texas 1859

Mexica11 Wttr Palo Aho Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey

*Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Comre1·as *Churubusco *Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846

*Vera Cruz 1817 *Mexico 1817

Civil War *Sumter Bull Run Mississippi River

*Peninsula Manassa~ Antietam

*F1·edcricksburg *Chancellorsville *Gettysburg

D ECORATI ONS

None.

*Wilderness *Spotsylvania *Cold !!arbor *Petersburg Shenandoah Appomattox Florida 1861 Florida 1862 Florida 18(l4 South Carolina 1862 South Carolina 1863

*Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864 West Virginia 1863 Louisiana 1864

World W11r I *St. Mihiel *Alsace 19 18 *Lor ra ine HJ 18

World War// *American Theater, Streamer without

inscription *Tunisia *Sicily *Rome-Arno *Rhineland


8th BATTALION, l st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 2 March 1899 in the Regular Army as Battery N, lst Regiment of Artillery. Organized in April 1899 at St. Francis Barracks, Florida.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 11th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 11th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 August 1916 as the 9th Company, Fort Mills [Phil ippine Islands]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 9th Company, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the ll th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery G, 1st Coast Artillery. Inactivated 31 May 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Activated 1 November 1938 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.

Absorbed 1 November 1944 by the 1st Coast Artillery Battalion. (1st Coast Artillery [less Headquarters and Headquarters Battery] reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 1st Coast Artillery Battalion; disbanded 1 February 1946 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone.) Former Battery G, lst Coast Artillery, reconstituted 21 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery C, 54th Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesignated 15 December 1954 as Battery C, 54th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion, and activated at the U.S. Army Chemical Center, Maryland. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.

Consolidated 9 September 1960 with Battery G, 1st Field Artillery (organ ized in 1939), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Missile Battalion, lst Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 24 September 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 30 June 1968 as the 8th Battalion, 1st Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery G, lst Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 8th Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery (former Battery G, 1st Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 8th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery- hereafter separate lineage). 8th Battalion, lst Air Defense Artillery, inactivated 12 june 1973 at Oakland Army Air Base, California.

LI NEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA

CAMPAIGN PA RT I CIPATI ON CREOIT

W(lr of 1812 Canada

/udirm Wars Seminoles Texas 1859

Mexietm War Palo Alto Res;H:a de Ia Palma Momerey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Comreras Churubusco Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846 Vera Cruz 1847 Mexico 184 7

Ciuil WM Sumter l~ull Run Mississippi River Peninsula Manass<ts Antietam

Ot-:CORJ\T IONS

None.

fredericksburg Chanccllorsvi lle Gcuysburg \Ni lderness Spotsylvani<t Cold l larbor Petersburg Shenandoah Appomauox Florida 1861 Florida 1862 Florida 1864 South Carolina 1862 South Carolina 1863 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1861 West Virginia 1863 Louisiana 18()4

Wm'id War II *American Thcmer, Streamer without

inscription Tunisia Sicily Rome-Amo Rhineland

23

24 AIR DEFENSE A RTILLERY


(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted I .July 1924 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, lst Battalion, I st Coast Artillery. Activated I .June 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Ill activated 3 J July J 926 at Fon Randolph , Canal Zone. Activated 15 Apri l 1932 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. (Headquarters Battery, I st Battalion, l st Coast Artillery, constituted 21 J anuary 1935 in the Regular Army and activated at Fo r t Randolph , Canal Zone.) Headquar ters a nd Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion , l st Coast Anillery, inactivated 30 March 1941 at Fo n Sherman, Canal Zone . Activated 17 April 1942 at Fon Sherman, Canal Zone.

Consolidmecl I November 1944 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Baualion, lst Coast Artillery (organized in 1932), :and consolid ated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headqua rters and I leadquarters Battery, I sL Coast Ar tille ry Baualion. Disbanded I February 1946 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Former Headquaners and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion , 1st Coast Artillery, reconstituted 21 .June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as H eadquarters and Headquar ters Battery, Jst Antiaircraft Baua lion (fo rmer Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 1st Coast Artillery, concurrently reconstituted in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and I leadqua rters Battery, 54th Antiaircraft Batta lion-he reafter separate lineage) . Redesig nated 17 Ma1·ch 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Baue ry, lst Anti?tin:raft Artille ry Missile Battalion. Activated 15 Apri l 1955 at I rwin, Pe nnsylvania. inactivated I Septe mber 1958 at Irwin , Pennsylvania.

Consolidated 14J unc 1961 with Headquancrsand HeadquanersBattery, lst Baualion , lst Field Artillery (organized in 1907) , a nd consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters a nd Headquarters Batte ry, 9th Howitze r Baualion, I st A rtillery (organic elements concune ntl y constituted). Battalion assigned I .July l96lto the 25th Infantry Division and activated ill Hawaii. Relieved 17 .J uly 1963 from assignment. to the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated 5 August J 963 in Hawaii. Redesignated I 0 May 1967 as the 9th Battalion, I st Artille ry. Activated 25 August 1967 at Fort Carson , Colorado. Inactivated 26 August 1968 at Fort Carson, Colorado.

Redesignated (less former lleadquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Battalion , I SL Field Anillcry) I September 197 1 as the 9th Battalion, lst Air Defense Artillery (forme r Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Battalion, I st Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 9th Battalion , I st Field Artillery- hereafte r separate lineage) .


CAMI'A ICN P ARTICII'ATION CREDIT

ll'aroj IH/2 Cauacla

/111/irm ll'a11 Seminole~ Texas 185!)

Mrxira11 \I'm Palo Aho RcsaGt clc Ia l'altmt 1\ I mil c rC)' Vera Cruz Cerro Corclo Comrcras Churubusro Chapuhcpcc Tatttaulipas 18'1() Vc.!ra Cruz l !l-17 1\kxiro 18117

(;it,il War Sunttcr Bull Run I\ I ississippi Riv(•r l'cuinsu la 1\lanas~a~

t\nticlam

D ECORATIONS

None.

Frcdcricksbu I'!{ Chanccllors,•illc Gcttysbuq.;Wildcrncss Spotsyh·ania Cold llarhor· Petersburg Shcnaucloah A ppomauox Florida IIlli I Florida 1862 Florida 18(i4 South Carolina I !l(i2 Sout h Carolina I !lli:~ Virginia IHlrl Virginia l!lli11 West Virginia 181i:1 l.ouisi;ula 1864

World War II *Amcric;111 Thcatt r. Stn·atucr wit hout

inscriptiou Tunisia Sicily Ronic-Arno Rhine land

25

26 AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY

16th DETACHMENT, 1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 1 J uly 1924 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3d Battalion , 1st Coast Artillery. (Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, I st Coast Artillery, constitu ted 2 1 January 1935 in the Regular Army.) Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 1st Coast Artillery, activated 15 March 1940 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Disbanded I November 1944 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 12 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 1st Artillery. Activated l September 1958 in Germa ny. Inactivated 20 July 1960 in Germany. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, l st Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICI PATION CREDIT

None.

D ECORATIONS

None.

1ST AIR DEFI::NSE ARTILLERY Bl Bl.lOGRAP I-IY

Babcock, D.S. "History of Battery 'D,' 1st Field /\rtillery- 1792- 1934." Field A1·tillery journal 24 (September 1934):483-504. Pet-tains to the former Battery E, I st Regiment of Artillery.

Blossy, Henry J. 'The Climb Toward Perfection." Field A?·tille1yjoumal38 (September-October 1948):227-30. Contains information about Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Antiaircraft Artillery Group.

Dyer, Frederick. " 1st Regiment of Artillery." A ComjJendium ofthe Wa,-ofthe Rebellion. New York: T homas Yoseloff, 1959.

Finley, Charles R. "The Coast Artillery in Panama." Coast A1·tillery journal 83 (1940):522-27.

Has kin, William Lawrence. "The First Regiment of Artillery, 182 1- J 876." The Anny of the United States. Edited by Theophilus F. Roden bough and William L. Haskin, 301-11. New York: Maynard, Merrill and Company, 1896. Originally published injounwloftheMilitmySenJice lnstitution of the United States 15 ( 1894): 1321-31.

---· The Histmy of the First Regiment of A1·tille1y; F1·om 01ganization in 1821 to janua1y 1st, 1876. Portland, Maine: B. ThurstOn and Company, 1879.

Hist01y of the 4th lnfcmt?y Division and Brief Histories of Its CmnfJonents. Fort Lewis, Washington , 1958. Contains in formation about the current 2d Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery.


History of Organization, 1784-1926. San Antonio, Tex., 1926. Reed, Louis. Illustrated Review of the United States Army in Oahu, T.H.

Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Company, 191 I. Sprague, J ohn T. The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848. Reprint. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1964.

Wilson, William H. , john B. McClure, and .John McLaren. A Histo·ry of the Sixth Company, Coast Artillery, Late Battery "G," Fint United States A1·tillery, 1808-1906. Hampton: Houston Printing and Publishing Company, 1906.

2d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY HERA LDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Crest:

Motto: Symbolism:

Paly of f1rtccn , gu les and argent, two Indian arrows saltirewise or, behind a serpent vert, lipped and eyed of the third , coiled around and above a prickly pea r cactus proper. On a wreath or the colors, argent and gu les, an eagle close o r sitting on and at the intersection or a sal tire azlll-e fimbriated argent. Fidus Ult·ra Finem (Faithful Beyond the F.nd). The shield is sca rle t for artillery. The fifteen stripes, representative of the United States national flag of 18 14, a llude to the baule of Fort McH enry in which a compan y o f the regiment participated. T he snake and cactus commemorate service in the Mexican War. The arrows refer lO the Indian Wars.

The American eagle, centered on the sal tire from t he battle flag of the Confed eracy, depicts the defense of Fort Pickens, the only fon south of Fort Monroe that remained loyal to the rede ral govemment throughout the Civil War.

DISTINCTIVE I NSI<;N IA

The distinctive insignia is an adaptatio n of the crest and motto of the coaL of arms.

Ll E1\GE AN D H O ORS

LI NEAGE

Constituted I June 182 1 in the Regular A rm y as the 2d Regime nt of Artillery and organized from existing units with H eadquarters at Baltimore, Maryland. Regiment broken up 13 February 190 I and its e lements reorga ni zed and red esignated as separa te numbered companies and batteries of Artille ry Corps. Reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular A rm y as the 2d Coast Arti llery (Baueries £, G, a nd H active in the Canal Zone). (Battery C activated 30 April 1926 at Fo r t Sherman, Canal Zone; Battery G concun·ently inactivated al For t Sherman, Canal Zone; Battet-ies C, E, and H inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Sherman , Canal Zone.) Regimental headquarters and Batteries C, E, and H activated 30 April 1932 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. (Battery A activated 1 September 1935 at Fort Monroe, Virgin ia; Battery H concurrently inactivated at Fort Mo nroe, Virginia ; Baueries B and D activated I November 1938 at Fort Monroe, Virginia ; Battery F activated I Febru ary 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virg inia; remainder

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of 1st and 2d Battalions activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia; Battery G activated 1 March 1941 at Fort Monroe, Virginia; remainder of regiment activated 30 April 1942 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.)

Regiment broken up 1 October 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Batteries A, B, C, G, H, and l as the 2d Coast Artille ry Battalion; Batteries D, E, and F as elements of the I 75th Coast Artillery Battalion (inactivated 20 july 1946 at Fort Monroe, Virginia). 2d Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 1 April 1945 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Inactivated 25 November 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Coast Artillery Battal ion, consolidated 28 June 1950 with Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Group (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated 10 J une 195 1 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Reorganized and redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Artillery Group. Inactivated 15 December 196 J at Lockport Air Force Station, New York.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Battalion, 2d Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion; concurrently Battery A, Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay (formerly Battery A, 2d Coast Artillery Battalion), Batteries Band C, 2d Coast Artillery Battalion, a nd Battery F, 2d Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay (formerly Battery A, !75th Coast Artillery Battalion), red esignated as Batteries A, B, C, and D, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Baualion, respectively. 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion redesignated 27 February 1951 as the 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the I st Armored Division. Activated 7 March 195 J at Fort Bliss, Texas. Consolidated 20 March 195 1 with the 434th Antiai rcraft Ar tillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 20 May 1953 as the 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and reli eved from assignment to the I st Armored Division.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 2d Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, J 2th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion; concurre ntly Batte ries B, C, D, and E, Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay (formerly Batteries E, F, G, and H, 2d Coast Artillery), redesignated as Batteries A, B, C, and 0, 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, respectively; battalion concurrentl y consol idated with the I 36th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ;\NNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as the 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated J 3 March 1952 as t.he 12th Antiai rcraft Arti llery Gun Battalion. Activated

LINEAGES AND H ERALDIC OAT A 31

8 Aprill952 at For t Hancock, New J ersey. Redesignated 15 May 1953 as the 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at New York, New York.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 2d Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery F, 2d Coast Artillery Battalion, Battery E, !75th Coast Artillery Battalion, and the 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 4) and consolidated unit designated as the 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 9th Infantry Division. Redesignated 25 May 1954 as the 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 December 1957 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division.

Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Artillery Group; 2d, 12th, and 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; a nd 2d Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1907) consolidated, reorganized, a nd redesignated 15 December 1961 as the 2d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.

2d Artillery (less former 2d Field Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1971 as the 2d Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Anus Regimental System (former 2d Field Artillery Battalion concu rrently reorganized and redesignated as the 2d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). ANNEX l

Constituted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Group. Activated 17 August 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 26 May 1943 as Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 2d AntiaircraCt Artillery Group. Inactivated 26 October J 945 at Camp Kilmer, New j ersey.

ANN£X 2

Constituted 3 1 J anuary 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 434th Coast Artille ry Battalion. Activated 1 March 1942 at Camp Hulen , Texas. Redesignated 5 December 1943 as the 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Disbanded 14 J an uary 1945 in Italy. Reconstituted 20 March 195 1 in the Regular Army.

ANNEX 3

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the !36th Antia ircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 15 j une 1943 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts . Inactivated 12 December I 945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts.

ANNEX 4

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Arm y of the United States as the


795th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 April 1943 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 30 April 1943 as the 795th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 3 1 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 25 June 1948 as the 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and ass igned to the 9th Infantry Division. Activated 12 July 1948 at For t Dix, New J ersey.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPAT ION Ciu::orr

War of /812 Can ad;•

Indian Wars Seminoles

Mexican War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Momerey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contrc•·as Churubusco Molino de l Rey Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846 Puebla 1847

Ci11il Wm· Bull Run Peninsula Antietam fredericksburg Chancello rsvi lle Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenandoah Appomauox Florida 1861

DECO RAT I ONS

Florida 1862 Virginia 1861 Vi•·ginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1865 Maryland 1863

World War// Tunisia Naples-foggia Anzio Rome-Arm> Normauc.ly Northern France Nonh Apennines Rhineland A rdennes-Aisace Central Europe England 1944

Vil'tnam Counteroffensive, Phase II Counteroffensive. Phase Ill Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V CounterofTensive, Phase VI Tel 69/CounterofTensive Summer- fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970 Sanctuar)' Coumeroffcnsivc Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM

1967-1968 (5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited; DA GO 70, 1969) Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA

1978-1981 (1st Battalion, 2d Air Defe nse Artillery, cited; DA GO 8, 1982)

LIN EAGES AND HERALDIC DAT A 33

1st BATTALION, 2d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(i nactive) LI Nt:ACE

Constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized in June 1798 in Rhode Island as Capl. j ohn Henry's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 3 March 1799 as Capt. john Henry's Company, 4th Battalion, 2d Regimem of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated in August I 800 as Capt. William Steele's Company, 4th Battalion, 2d Regimenl of Artillerists and Engineers. (Captain Steele joined company in J anuary J 80 1.) Consolidated l April 1802 with Capt. Lloyd Beall's Company, 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists a nd Enginee rs (constitu ted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army and organized in 1799 at Georgetown, District of Columbia), and consolidated unit redesignated as Capt. Lloyd Beall's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated in july 1810 as Capt. J ames House's Company, Regiment of Anillerists. Redesignated II J an uary 1812asCapL J ames House's Company, lst Regime ntofArtillery. Redesignated 16 August 1813 as Capl. Julius F. Heileman's Company, I st Regiment of Artillery. Redes ignated 12 May 18 14 as Capt. Julius F. Heileman's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May I 815 as Capt. j ulius F. Heileman's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated I7 June 18I6asCompany L, 1st Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Red es ignated I June 182 I as Company D, 2d Regimen~ of Arti llery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 l as the 15th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 15th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in J u ly 1916 as the 3d Company, Fort Randolph [Canal Zone]. Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 9th Company, Coast Defenses o r Cristoba l. Redes ignated 30 J une 1922 as the 15th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated l July 1924 as Battery D, 2d Coast Ar tillery, and inactivated at Cristobal, Canal Zone. Activated I November 1938 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorgan ized and redesignated l October I 944 as Battery A, I 75th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 1 April 1945 as Battery F, Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Inactivated 20 j uly 1946 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Redesignated 28 J une 1950 as Battery 0 , 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion . Redesignated 27 February 195 1 as Battery D, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, a n element of the 1st At·morcd Division. Activated 7 March 195 1 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Consolidated 20 March 195 I with Battery D, 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery 0, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Bat ta lion. Redesignated 20 May I 953 as Battery D, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Bat-


talion. Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division.

Consolidated 15 December I 961 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, lst Howitzer Battalion, 2d Artillery (active) (organized in 1907), a nd consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, lst Howitzer Battalion, 2d Artillery, an element of the 8th Infantry Division (organic elements constitu ted and activated 1 August 1957). Redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 2d Artillery.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headqua1·ters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 2d Artillery) l September 197 J as the I st Battalion , 2d Air Defense Artillery; concurrently inactivated in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 2d Artillery, concurrently reorgan ized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion , 2d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). I st Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery, activated 13 September 1972 in Korea. Inactivated 15 July 1981 in Korea.

ANNEX

Constituted 3 J J anuary 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery D, 434th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated I March 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas. Redesignated 5 December 1943 as Battery D, 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Disba nded 14 J anuary 1945 in Italy. Reconstituted 20 March 1951 in the Regular Army.


CAMPAIGN PART I C IPAT I ON CREDIT

War of 1812 Canada

Indian W(ll:s *Seminoles *New Mexico 1855

Mrxicrw War Palo Alw Resaca de Ia Palma :.tomerey

*Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo ·~Comreras *Churubusco *Molino del Rey *Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846

*Pucbla 1847

Civil Wr1r *Bull Run *Peninsula *Antietam • frcdcricksbu rg *Citancellorsvillc *Gcn ysbu rg

DECORATIONS

*Wildcmess *Spotsylvania *Cold ll;u·bor *Petersburg *Shenandoah

Appomattox Florida 186 1 Florida 1862 Virginia 1861 Virginia 1862

*Virginia 1863 Virginia 1865

*Marylaud 1863

World War II *Tunisia *Naples- foggia Anzio

*Rome-Arno Normandy Northern France

*North Apennines Rhineland Ardenncs-Alsace Ccmral Europe England 1944

35

*Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA

1978- 1981 ( l st .Battalion , 2d Air Defense Artillery, cited; DA GO 8, 1982)


2d BATTALION, 2d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(nondivisional) Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company in the

2d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in March 1812 as Bvt. Lt. Col. Nathan Towson's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Bvt. Lt. Col. Nathan Towson's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Bvt. Lt. Col. Nathan Towson's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated in june 1815 as Capt. William Gates' Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 17 June 18 16 as Company I , 1st Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated J june 182 1 as Company B, 2d Regiment of Arti llery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 13th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 13th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 july 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Miley [California). Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 18th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated 16 September 1918 as Battery E, 40th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 30 December 19 J 8 as the 18th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 13th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 july 1924 as Battery B, 2d Coast Artillery, and inactivated at San Francisco, California. Activated I November 1938 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated I October 1944 as Battery B, 2d Coast Artil lery Battalion. Inactivated l July 1945 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Inactivated 25 November 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Redesignated 28 June 1950 as Battery B, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 27 February 1951 as Battery B, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the lst Armored Division. Activated 7 March 195 I at Fort Bliss, Texas. Consolidated 20 March 1951 with Battery B, 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 20 May 1953 as Battery B, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battal ion. Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the lst Armored Division.

Consolidated 15 December 1961 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howi tzer Battalion , 2d Artillery (active) (organized in 1901 ), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 2d Artillery (organic elements constituted2 June 1958 and activated 25 June 1958). Redesignated 15 March 1968 as the 2d Battalion, 2d Artillery.


Redesignated (less former H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battal ion, 2d Artillery) I September 197 1 as the 2d Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 2d Artillery, concurremly reorganized and redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 2d Field Artillery- hereafter separate lineage). 2d Battalion , 2d Air Defense Artillery, activated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

ANNEX

Constituted 3 1 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery B, 434th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated I March 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas. Redesignated 5 December 1943 as Battery B, 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Disbanded 14 J an uary 1945 in Ita ly. Reconstituted 20 March 195 1 in the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREO I T

War of 1812 *Canada *Chippewa *Lundy's Lane

Inc/ian Wars *Seminoles

i\11 t.~ium War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey

*Vera Cruz *Cerro Gor·do Contrer;ls Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846

*Puebla 1847

Civil War lhdl Run

*Peninsula *Amietam *Fredericksburg *Chanccllorsvi llc *Gettysburg

D ECORATIONS

None.

*Wilderness *Spotsylvania *Cold Harbor *Peter·sburg *Shenandoah Appomauox Florida 186 I Florida 1862

*Nonh Carolina 1861 *Virginia 1861 *Virginia 1862 *Virginia 1863 Virginia 18()5

*Mar·y1and 1863

World War II *Tunisia *Naples-Foggia *Anzio *Rome-Arno

Normandy Northern France

*North Apennines Rhineland Ardenncs-Aisace Central Europe England 19'1-1



(inactive) LiNEAGE

Constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized 14 July 1798 at Fort Fayette, Pennsylvania, as Capt. J ames Read's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 3 March 1799 as Capt. James Read's Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated I April 1802 as Capt. George W. Carmichael's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 6 March 1806 as Capt. J ames House's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 15 February 1807 as Capt. George Armistead's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 11 January 1812 as Capt. George Armistead's Company, 1st Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. Thomas Bennett's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated J 7 May 1815 as Capt. Nathaniel N. Hall's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Capt. Nathaniel N. Hall's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 17 June 18 16 as Company H, 4th Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated I June 1821 as Company H , 2d Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 18th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 August 1916 as the 12th Company, Fort Mills (Philippine Islands]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 12th Company, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 18th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated I July 1924 as Battery H , 2d Coast Artillery. Inactivated I 5 Apt·il 1932 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Activated 30 April 1932 at Fon Monroe, Virginia. Inactivated 1 September 1935 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Activated 30 April J 942 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1944 as Battery E, 2d Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated I April 1945 as Battery E, H arbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Inactivated 20 .J uly .1 946 at Fort Story, Virg inia. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery D, !36th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consol idated unit redesignated as Battery D, 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Baualion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery D, 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 April 1952 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey. Redesignated 15 August 1953 as Battery D, 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Fon Hancock, New J ersey.

Redesignated I 1 February 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2d Arti llery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Batta lion activated 17 March 1958 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 5 May J 959 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Redesignated


3 February 1962 as the 3d Battalion, 2d Artillery, and assigned to Lhe 1st Armored Division. Activated 1 March 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 25 March 1969 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery D, I 36th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 15 June 1943 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts . Inactivated 12 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts.

CAMPAIGN P ARTI C I PATION CREDI T

Wm·llf / 812 C;mada

lndimt Wars *Seminoles

J\1/exican War Palo Alw Resaca de Ia Palma Momerey

*Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Contreras *Churubusco *Molino de l Rcy *Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846

*Puebla 1847

Civil War Bull Run Peninsula i\ n t ieta m Fredcrkksburg C ltanccl lorsville Geuysburg Wildemess

DECORATIONS

Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenandoah Appomattox

* Florida 1861 *Florida 1862

Virginia 1861 Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virgin ia 1865 Maryland 1863

World War II Tunisia Na pies-Foggia Anzio Rome-1\rno Normand)'

*Nonlwrn France North Apennines

* Rhine land *Ardcnncs-Aisacc *Cenll·;,} Eun>pc

England 1944

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (136th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP (I 36th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defe nse of ANTWE R P 1-J.'\RBOR ( l36th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


4th HOWITZER BATTALI ON, 2d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

AR (inactive)

LI NEAGE

O rganized in 1810 in the Regular Army at Fort Wash ington , Maryland, as Capt. Lloyd Beall's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated II .January 1812 as Capt. Lloyd Beall's Company, 1st Regiment of Artillery. Redesig nated in 18 13 as Capt. Samuel T. Dyson's Company, 1st Regiment of Artillery (unde r the command o f 3d Lt. Moses M. Russell). Redesignated in 18 14 as Capt. Frederick Evans' Company, 1st Regime nt of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. Frederick Evans' Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 18 15 as Capl. Isaac Roach, J r. 's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated in 1815 as Capt. j ames Reed's Company, Corps of Artille ry, Northern Divis ion (under the com m a nd o f' Capl. Thomas Rand a ll ) . Redesignated 17 .June 18 16 as Company C, 3d Baualion, Corps o f Anillery, Northern Division. Redesigna ted I June 182 1 as Com pa ny C, 2d Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 14th Company, Coast Arti llery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 Februa ry 1907 as the 14th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 30 J une 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Greblc [Rhode Island]. Redesignated 3 I August 19 17 as the 7th Company, Coast De fe nses of Narragansett Bay. Redesignated I june 1922 as the 14th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesig nated 1 J uly 1924 as Batte ry C, 2d Coast Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Greble, Rhode Isla nd. Activated 30 April1 926 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. l nactivated 15 Aprill932 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Activated 30 Apri l I 932 at Fon Monroe, Virginia.

Reorgan ized a nd redesignated I October 1944 as Battery C, 2d Coast Artille ry Battalion. Inactivated I April I 945 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Inactivated 25 November I 946 at ForL Winf'ield Scoll, Ca liforn ia. Redesignated 28 J une 1950 as Battery C , 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 27 April 1951 as Battery C, 2d Antiaircrart Ar tillery Auwmatic Weapons Baualion , an elemen1 of the 1st Armored Division. Activated 7 March 195 1 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Consolidated 20 March J 95 1 with Ballery C, 434th Antiaircraft Anillery Automa1ic Weapons Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Banery C, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 20 May 1953 as Battery C, 2cl Antiaircra ft Ani llery Battalion. Inactivated 15 Februa ry 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and relieved from assignment to the I st Armored Divisio n.

Consolidated 29 April1959 with Battery C, 2d Field Artillery Batta lio n (organized in I 907), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquar ters

LI NEAGES AN D HERALDIC DATA 4 1

and H eadquarters Battery, 4th H owitzer Battalio n , 2d Artille ry; concurrently withd rawn from the Regular Army, a llotted to the A rmy Reserve, and assigned to the 96th In hmtry Division (organic elemen ts concu rrently constituted). Battalio n activated 1 .J u ne 1959 with Headqua rters at Twin Falls, Idaho. Inactivated 15 March 1963 at Twin Falls, Ida ho, a nd relieved from assign ment w th e 96th In fant ry Divisio n .

Redesignated (less former Battery C, 2d Field Artillery .Battalio n) 1 Septem ber 1971 as the 4th Howitzer Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery (former Battery C, 2d Fie ld Artillery Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 4th H owitzer Battalion, 2d Field Artille ry-hereafter sepa rate lineage) .

ANNI::X

Constituted 3 1 .Janua t·y 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery C, 434th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated I March 1942 at Camp H ulen , Texas. Red esignated 5 December 1943 as Battery C, 434th Antiaircraft A r tille ry Au tomatic Weapons Battal ion. Disband ed 14 J an uary 1945 in I ta ly. Reconstituted 20 March 195 1 in the Regular Army.

CAMPAI GN PARTICIPATION C REDIT

Warof /S/2 · Canada

*McHenry

Indian W(lrs *Seminoles

i\1/exican War *Palo Alto *Resa<:a de Ia Palma

Monterey *Vera Cruz *Cerro Got·do *Contreras *Churubusw *Moliuo del Rey *Chapul tcpec *Tanwulipas 1816 *Puebla 18•17

Civil Wta Hull Run Peninsula All liClam Fredcricksbu t·g Chanccllo t·sville Gettysburg Wi lderness

D ECORAT IONS

None.

Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenandoah A ppomau.ox

*Florida 1861 *Florid<~ 1862

VirginiCI 186 I Virginia 1862 Vit·ginia 1863 Virgiuia 1865

*Louisi;ma 1863 Maryland 186:~

World W(lr II *Tunisia *Naples-Foggia *A nzio *Romc-Arno


*North i\pcunines Rhineland Ardent tes-Aisacc Central Europe Englaud 1944


5th BATTALION, 2d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 3 March 1847 in the Regular Army as Company M, 2d R.egiment of Artillery. Organized 12 March 1847.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 22d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 22d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 6 July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Barrancas [Florida]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 5th Company, Coast Defenses of Pensacola. Redesignated 1 August 1920 as the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of Pensacola. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 22d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 july 1924 as Battery A, 2d Coast Artillery, and inactivated at Pensacola, Florida. Activated 1 September 1935 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1944 as Battery A, 2d Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated l Apri l 1945 as Battery A, H arbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Inactivated 20 July 1946 at Fort Story, Virginia. Redesignated 28 June 1950 as Battery A, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 27 February 1951 as Battery A, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, a n element of the 1st Armored Division. Activated 7 March 195 1 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Consol idated 20 March 1951 with Battery A, 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 20 May 1953 as Battery A, 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana , and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division.

Redesignated 20 August 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 in Germany. Inactivated 2 1 March 1960 in Germany. (Headquarte1·s and Headquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2d Artille r y, consolidated 15 December 1961 with Battery A, 2d Field Artillery Battalion [organized in 1901], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2d Artillery.) Redesignated 25 April 1966 as the 5th Battalion, 2d Artillery. Inactivated 23 June 197 I at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated (Jess former Battery A, 2d Field Artillery Battalion) 1 September 197 I as the 5th Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery (former Battery A, 2d Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently redes ignated as the 5Lh Battalion, 2d Field Artillery- hereafter separate lineage).


ANNEX

Constituted 31 J anuary 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 434th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 1 March 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas. Redesignated 5 December 1943 as Battery A, 434th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Disbanded 14 J anuary 1945 in Italy. Reconstituted 20 March 1951 in the Regular Army.

CAMPA IGN PART ICIPAT ION CREDIT

War of 18 12 Canada

Indian Wa.rs Seminoles

Mexican War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Momerey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contreras Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846 Pucbla 1847

Civil War *Bull Run *Peninsula *Antietam *Fn~der·icksburg *Chancellors vi lle *Geuysburg *Wilderness *Spotsylv;mia Cold 1-larbor

*Petersburg *Shenandoah *A ppomauox

Florida 186 1 Florida I 862

D ECORATIONS

Virginia 186 1 *Virginia 1862 *Virginia 1863 *Virginia 1865 *Maryland 1862 *Maryland 1863

World Wm·fl *Tunisia *Naplcs-foggia

Anzio *Romc-Arno

Normandy Northern france

*Nonh Apennines Rhineland Ardenncs-Alsace Central Europe England 1944

\liet1uw1 *Cou lllerolfensive, Phase I I *Coun teroffensive, Phase Ill *Tet Coumeroffensivc *Counteroffensive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive, Phase V *Counteroffensive, Phase VJ *TeL 69/CoumeroiTensive *Summer·-fall 1969 *Wir1tcr-spring I 970 *Sancwary Counteroffensive *Cou ntcroffcnsive, Phase VI I

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM

1967-1968 (5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited; DA GO 70, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered ViETNAM 1966-1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 2d Artille ry, a nd Battery C, 5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited; DA GO 31, 1969, as amended by DA GO 43, 1969. Battery A, 5th Battalion, 2d Arti lle ry, cited; DA GO 21, 1969, as amended by DA GO 38, 1970. Battery B, 5th Battalion, 2d Artille ry, cited; DA GO ~18, 1971)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embro idered V I ETNAM 1967-1969 (5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited; DA GO 60, 1969)


*Re public of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered Vl.ETNAM 1966-1971 (5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited ; DA GO 5 1, 1971 , as amended by DA GO 54, 1974. Batte ry A, 5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited; DA GO 53, 1970. Battery C, 5th Battalio n, 2d Artille ry, cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

Battery A additionally cmiLied to Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969 (Batteries A and B, 5th Batta lion , 2d Artillery, cited; DA GO 43, 1970)

Battery B additionally entitled to Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered V I ETNAM 1968-1969 (Batteries A and B, 5th Battalion , 2d Artille ry, cited; DA GO 43, 1970), and Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm , Streamer embroidered V I ETNAM 1969-1970 (Battery B, 5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited ; DA GO 5, 1973)

Battery C additionall y entitled to Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry \vith Palm , Streamer embroide red V I ETNAM 1969 (Battery C, 5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

Battery D additiona lly entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered V I ETNAM 1968-1969 (Battery D, 5th Battalion, 2d Artillery, cited ; DA GO 59, 1969)


6th MISSILE BATTALION, 2d AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY

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RA Ll NEAGE (inactive)

Constituted ll J anuary 18 12 in the Regu la r Army as a company in the 3d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in September 18 12 as Capt. Thomas Stockton's Company, 3d Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 1 October 1813 as Capt. Benjamin K. Pierce's Company, 3d Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. Benjamin K. Pie1·ce's Company, Corps of Artillery. Reclesigmned 17 May 18 15 as Capl. Benjamin K. Pierce's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 17 J une 18 16 as Company 0, 1st Batta lion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division . Redesig nated J Ju ne 1821 as Company I , 2cl Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 1 3 February J 901 as the 19th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 19th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 7 September 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Caswell [North Carolina]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the I sL Company, Coast Defenses of Cape Fear. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 19th Company, Coast Artille1·y Corps.

Redesignated I july 1924 as Battery I, 2d Coast Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Caswell, North Carolina . Activated 30 Apri l 1942 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized a nd redesignated I October J 944 as Bau ery F, 2d Coast Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 April 1945 at Little Creek, Virgin ia. Consolidated 28 june 1950 with Battery A, 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 42d Antiaircraft Artillery AuLOmatic Weapons Battalion , an elemen t of' the 9th Infantry Division. Redesignated 25 May 1954 as Battery A, 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated I December l 957 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 11 February 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2d Artillery (organic elements concurre ntly constituted). Baualion activated 24 February 1958 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 25 September 1958 at Fort Hood , Texas. Redesignated 4 April 1960 as the 6th Missile Battalion, 2d Artillery. Activated 20 April 1960 al Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. Inactivated 25 june 1960 at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Missile Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery.

ANN£X

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 795th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 Apri l 1943 at Camp Stewar t, Georg ia. Redes ig nated 30 April 1943 as Battery A,


795th Amiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germa ny. Redesignated 25 June 1948 as Batte ry A, 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , an eleme nt of the 9th Infantry Division. Activated 12 July 1948 at Fort Dix, New J ersey.

CAMPAIGN P A RTIC IPA TION CREDIT

Wm· of 1812 *Canada

indian Wars Seminoles

Mexictm Wflr Palo Alto Resaca cle Ia Palma Monte rey

*Vera Cru~ *Cerro Gordo *Contre ras *Churubusco *Molino d el Rey *Chapuhepec Tamaulipas 1846

*Pucbla 1847

Civil War Bull Run Peninsula Antie tam Fredericksburg C hancellorsv ille Geuysburg Wilderness

D ECORA"rJONS

None.

Spotsylvania Cold llarbor Pe tersburg Shenandoah Appomattox Florida 1861 Florida 1862 Virginia 1861 Virgini<1 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1865 Mal')•land 1 86:~

World War /I Tunisia Naples-Foggia An~io

Rome-Arno * ormandy *Northern FrarH:e

North Apennines *Rhine land Arderrncs-Aisacc

*Centr;rl Europe England 1944



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 1 June 1821 in the Regular Army as Company E, 2d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in July 1821 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 16th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 16th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in J uly 1916 as the 5th Company, Fort Sherman [Canal Zone). Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 5th Company, Coast Defenses of Cristobal. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 16th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery E, 2d Coast Artillery. Inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone. Activated 30 April 1932 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1944 as Battery B, I 75th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 1 Aprill945 as Battery B, Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Inactivated 20 July 1946 at Fort Story, Virginia. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery A, !36th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery A, 12th Antiai1·craft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery A, 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 April1952 at Fort H ancock, New J ersey. Redesignated 15 Aprill953 as Battery A, 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 De~ember 1957 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey.

Redesignated 1 November 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Missile Battalion, 2d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 27 November 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery; 7th Missile Battalion, 2d Artillery, consolidated 15 December 1961 with Battery E, 2d Field Artillery [organized in 1907], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Missile Battalion, 2d Artillery.) Redesignated 10 J anuary 1966 as the 7th Battalion, 2d Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery E, 2d Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 7th Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery (former Battery E, 2d Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 7th Battalion, 2d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 7th Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery, inactivated 13 September 1972 in Korea.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 136th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 15 June 1943 al Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Inactivated 12 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts.

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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT War of 1812

Canada

h1ditm W(ll·s *Seminoles

Mexica11 War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Momerey Vera Cruz Cerro Got·do Conu·eras Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1846 Puebla 1847

Civil War *Bull Run *Peninsula *Manassas *Antietam *F•·edericksburg

Chanccllorsville Cell ysbu rg Wilderness Spotsyh·ania Cold Ha1·bor

DECORATIONS

AIR DEFENSE ART I LLERY

Petersburg Shenandoah i\ ppomat wx Florida 186 I Florida 18()2 Virginia 18() I Vi•·ginia 1862 Virginia 1 86:~ Vi•·ginia 1865 Marylimcl 1863

*Mississippi 1863 *Tennessee 1863

War With Spain *Samiago

World War / / Tunisia Naplcs-Foggia i\m:io Romc-i\rno Normandy

*Northern France Nonh Apennines

*Rhineland *Ardcnncs-Aisace *Central Europe

England 194<1

*Belgia n Fourrage rc L940 ( I 36th Antia ircraft Anille r y G un Battalio n cited; DA GO 43, I 950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP ( l36th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the O rder of the Day of the Belgian Army fo r action in defense of ANTWERP II ARBOR (! 36th An tiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


16th DETACHMENT, 2d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LI NEAGE:

Constituted 25 february 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery C, 795th Coast Anillery Battalion. Activated 20 April 1943 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 30 April 1943 as Battery C, 795th Antia ircraft Arti lle ry Automatic Weapons Batta lion. Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 25 June 1948 as Battery C, 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , an e lement of the 9th Infantry Division. Activated 12 July 1948 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Allotted 28 .June 1950 to the Regular Army. Redesignated 25 May 1954 as Bauery C, 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Battal ion. Inactivated I December 1957 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 7 August 1958 as the 16th Detachment, 2d Artillery. Activated 25 August 1958 in Korea. Inactivated 25 J anuary 1959 in Korea. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 16th Detachmem, 2d Air Defense Ar tillery.

CAMPAIGN P ARTI C IPATI ON CRE:DI T

IVol'ld IVai'II ·£1\AI£ Normandy Northern France Rhinehmd Central Europe

DECORATI ONS

None.

2D Am DEFENSE ARTILLERY B IBLIOGRAPHY

Birkhimer, William E., et al. " Historical Sketch of the Second United States Artillery." joumal of the J\1/ilila?y Service Institution of the United States 14 ( 1893): 1040-42.

Dyer, Frederick. "2d Regiment of Artillery." A Comjmuliwn oftht> Wm· of the Rebellion. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

8t.h lnfanl1)1 Division, 50t.h Anniversa?)l. Germany, 1968. Contains in formation about the lst Batta lion, 2d Air Defense Artillery.

finley, Charles R. "The Coast Artillery in Panama." Coast Artille?y journal 83 (1940):522-27.

lsi Anno1·ed Division, Fort flood, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1963. Contains information about the 3d Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery.

The 1/istorical Record of the 136lh Antiaircraft A1·tillery Gun Battalion (Mobile). Antwerp: De Yos-Yan Klcef, 1945.


Lossing, Benson John. Memoi1· of Lieutenant Colonel john T. Oreble of the United States Anny. Philadelphia, 1870.

Murphy, j ohn G. "Activities of the Ninth Army Antiaircraft Artillery." Antiaircraft A1·tilleryjou·rnal 90 (May 1949):3- 13.

Ott, David Ewing. Field Artillery, 1954- 1973. Vietnam Studies. Washington: Gove rnment Printing Office, 1975. Contains information about the 5th Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery.

Reill y, James. "An Artilleryman's Story." journal of the Militmy Service Institution of the United States 33 (1903): 438- 46.

Rice, josiah. A Cannoneer in Navajo Countty: j mtrnal ofP1'ivatej osiahM. Rice, 185 1. Edited by Richard H. Dillon. Denver: Old West Publishing Company, 1970.

Simpson, W.A. "The Second Regiment of Artillery." The A1'1ny of the United States. Edited by Theophilus F. Rodenbough and William L. Haskin , 312- 27. New York: Maynard, Merri ll and Company, 1896.

Sprague, John T. The 01·igin, P1·og-ress, and Conclusion of the FL01·ida War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848. Reprim. Gainesville, Fla.: Un iversity of Florida Press, 1964.

Weaver, Erasmus M. "History of the 2d Artillery." jounwl of the Military Service Institution of the United States 14 (J 893): 1258- 60.

3d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALD IC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Motto: Symbolism:

Or, on a chevron gules above an imperial Chinese d ragon of the like armed azure three mullets argent, on a chief of the second two pallets of the fourth an arrow in fess counterchangcd. Out of a mural crown or masoned gules a garland the dexter branch cactus the sinister palm proper encircling a sun in splendor argent. Non Cedo Fer'io (I Yield Not, 1 Strike). Scarlet is used for artillery. T he two white stripes on the sca rlet chief, the colors of the campaign streamers for the War of J 812, commemorate the participation of several companies of the regiment. T he arrow alludes to tlhe Indian Wars. The chevron and stars indicate service in the Civil War. The stars also refe1· lO the numerical designation of the regiment. The dragon represents service in China; the claws a nd teeth are blue to indicate that ele ments of the regiment served in the China Relief Expedition as inf~tntry.

The mural crown, cactus, and palm signify the regiment's participation in the Mexican War and elements or the regiment in the Philippine Insurrection. The sun in its glory commemorates the laurels earned by the regiment during its days of glory.

DISTINCTI VE I NSIGN I A

The distinctive insign ia is an adaptation of the crest and motto of the coat of arms.

LI NEAGE /\ND HONORS

L INEA(;£

Constituted J June 1821 in the Regular Army as the 3d Regiment of Artillery and organized from existing units with H eadquarters at Fort Washington, Maryland. Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of Artillery Corps. Reconstituted I July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 3d Coast Anillery and organized (less Batteries C, F, and G) with Headquarters at Fort MacArthur, California. (Batteries A and B inactivated J March 1930 at San Pedro and Fort MacAnhur, California,

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respectively; Batteries A and F activated 1 july 1939 at Fort MacArthur, California, and Fort Stevens, Oregon, respectively; Batteries D and F inactivated I February 1940 at Fort Rosecrans, California, and Fort Stevens, Oregon, respectively; Batteries C, D, and F activated 2 December 1940 at Fort Rosecrans and Fort MacArthur, California; Battery G activated I j une I 941 at Los Ange les, California; Battery G inactivated 29 August 1941 at Los Angeles, California; Battery G activated 14 February 1942 at Fort MacArthur, California.) Regiment broken up 18 October 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Battery B, 52 1st Coast Artillery Battalion; 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions as the 520th, 52Jst, and 522d Coast Artillery Battalions, respectively.

Battery B, 521 st Coast Artillery Battalion, disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Amiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated I I J une I 95 1 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 3d Artillery Group. Inactivated J 5 December 196 I at Norfolk, Virginia.

520th Coast Artillery Battalion redesignated I Decembe r I 944 as the 3d Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California. Reconstituted 20 January 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division. Redesignated 15 April 1953 as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 J uly 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division.

52 1st Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September I 945 at Fort MacArthur, California. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 18th Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as the 18th Antia'ircraft Arti llery Gun Battalion. Activated 2 May 1952 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Redesignated 24 july 1953 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 June 1957 as the 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Detroit, Michigan.

522d Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 at Huntington Beach, California. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2), a nd consolidated unit designated as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the lOth Infantry Division. Redesignated 15 June I 954 as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Relieved 16 May 1957 from assignment to the J Oth Infantry Division. I nactivated 14 November I 957 in Germany.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Artillery Group; 18th


Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion; 3d and 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; and 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1907) consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 15 December 1961 as the 3d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.

3d Artillery (less former 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 3d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX l

Constituted 6July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 534th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 534th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 19 October .1. 945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Assigned 22 November 1949 to the 3d Infantry Division.

ANNEX 2 Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2d

Battalion, 504th Coast Artillery. Activated I J uly 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 20 J anuary 1943 as the 630th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 630th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 26 September 1945 in Ita ly. Redesignated 18 J une 1948 as the 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the lOth Infantry Division. Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

War of 1812 C;matla

indian Wm;s Seminoles Washington 1858

Mexican War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey Buena Vista Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contrents Churubusco Molino del Rey


Spotsylvania Petersburg Shenandoah Mississippi 1863 Tennessee 1863 T ennessee 1864 Virginia 1863

World War 1/ Naples-Foggia (with an·owhead) Anzio (with arrowhead) Rome-Arno Southern france (with arrowhead) North Apennines Ardennes-Aisace Cemral Europe Po Valley Chapultepec

Puebla 1847 Korean War

Civil War Peninsula Amietam fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness

DECORATI ONS

CCf intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN

TliEATER (630th Antiaircraft Artillery Automa tic Weapons Battalion cited; GO 103, Headquarters, Fifth Army, 19 August 1945)



( I 0 I st Airborne Division) L INEAGE

Constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. O rganized in 1799 as Capt. J ohn Lillie's Company, 2d Regiment of Ar tille rists and Eng ineers. Reorga nized and redesignated 1 April 1802 as Capt. George Izard 's Company, Regiment of Artill erists. Redesignated in J une 1803 as Capt. Howell Cobb's Company, Regiment of Anillerists. Redesignated 1 February 1806 as Capl. William Yates' Company, Regiment of Artille1·ists. Redesignated in 1807 as Capt. Addison B. Armistead's Company, Regimen t of Artille rists. Reorgan ized a nd redesignated 11 J an uary l8 12 as Capt. Addison B. Armistead 's Com pany, 2d Regiment o f Ar tille ry. Reorgan ized and redesignated 12 May 18 14 as a company in the Corps of" Artille ry. Redesignated 17 May 1.8 l5 as a company in the Corps of Artillery, Southern Division. Redesignated 2 1 August 1816 as Company I, 1st Battal ion, Corps of Arti llery, Sou the rn Divisio n . Consolidated I j une 1821 with Company 1, Regiment of Lig ht Artille ry (see ANNEX 1 ), a nd consolidated u nit reorgan ized and redesig nated as Company E, 3d Regime nt of Artille ry.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 13 February 190 1 as the 28th Company, Coast Artille ry, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 28th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated J 2 J uly 19 16 as the 1st Company, Fort Rosecrans LCaliforniaj. Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 1st Company, Coast. Defenses of San Diego. Consolidated 13 October 19 19 with the 2d Com pany, Coast Defenses o f San Diego (see ANNEX 2), and consoljdated uni t designated as the J st Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego. Redesignated I J une 1 ~ l22 as the 28th Com pa ny, Coast Artill ery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated I j u ly 1924 as Battery E, 3d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as 13atte •·y /\, 520th Coast Artillery Battalio n. Redes ig nated I December 1944 as lhttt ery A, 3d Coast Artillery Battalion. Rcdcsignar.ed 15 September 1945 as Bauery B, Harbor Defenses of Los Ange les. Inactivated 30 J une 1946 at Fo rt MacArthur, Cali forn ia. Consolidated 20 J anuary 1950 with Battery A, 3d Antiaircral"t Artillery Automatic Weapons Baualion (active) (see 1\ NEX 3), and consolidated un it designated as Battery /\, 3d Antiai t·cr~ft Artille ry Automatic Weapo ns Battalion , an element of" the 3d Infantry Divis io n. Redesig ll atcd 15 April 1953 as Battery A, :~cl Antiaircraft Artill ery Battalion. Inactivated I Jul y 1957 at Fort Benning, Geo rg ia , and relieved from assignmerll to the 3d in fant ry Division.

Consolidmed I J anuary 1960 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st l lowitzcr Battalion , 3d Artillery (active) (organized in 1794),


and consolidated unit designated as Headquaners and lleadquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Baua lio n , 3d Arti llery, an clement of the 2d Armored Division (organ ic clements constituted 2 1 J une 1957 and activated I .July 1957). Redesig nated I December 1963 as the lst Battalion, 3d Artillery.

Redesignated (less form er Headquarte rs and Headquarte •·s Battery , 1st Howitzer Baualion, 3d Arti llery) 1 September 1971 as the l st Bat'ta lion, 3d Air Defense Artillery; concurrently inactivated in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Howitzer Battalion, 3d Artillery, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Batta lion , 3d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). Jst Baua lion, 3d Air De fe nse Artillery, ac ti va ted I 0 .July 1972 a t Fort Bliss, T exas. Assigned 4 December 1972 to the I 0 I st Airborne Division.

ANNEX I

Organized in 18 13 in the Regular Army at Greenbush, New York , as Capt. George W. Mclven's Company o f Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesig nated in 18 15 as Bvt. Lt. Col. Nathan Towson's Company of Light Artille•·y (under the command of 2d Lt. George E. Wells) , RegimenL of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 18 15 as Capt. Henry K. Craig's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 18 16 as Company I , Regiment of Light Artillery.

ANNEX 2

Organized 23 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 4th Company, Fo rt Rosecrans [Californial Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego. Redesignated I J anuary 19 18 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego.

ANN E X 3

Constituted 6 July 1942 in t he Army of the United States as Battery A, 53 4th Coast Artillery Batta lion. Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Bliss, T exas . Redesignated 12 December 1943 as Batte ry /\, 534th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 19 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as Battery A, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 J an uary 1949 as an element of the 3d Infantry Division.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wm· of 1812

*Canada

Indian Wars *Seminoles

WashingLOn 1858

Mexican War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma

*Monterey *Buena Vista

Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contreras Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapultepcc

*Tamaulipas 1846 Pucbla 1847

Civil War *Bull Run

Peninsula Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness SpoLS)•Ivania

*Petersburg Shenandoah

DECORATIONS

*South Carolina 1862 *South Carolina 1863

Mississippi 1863 Tennessee 1863 Tennessee 1864 Virginia 1863

*Virginia 1864 *Florida 1864 *North C<~rolina 1865

World Wttr 11 *Naplcs-foggi<~ (with ar rowhead) *Anzio (with arrowhead) *Rome-Arno *Southern France (with arrowhead)

Not:th Apennines *A rdennes-Aisace *Central Europe

Po Valley

Koremt Wat *CCF intervention *First UN coumeroffcnsivc *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean wintct· *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean wintct· *Korea, summer 1953

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Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 20, 1953)

*Republic of Korea Presidential U nit Citation, Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 29, 1954)

*Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1956)


2d BATTALION, 3d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA

LI NEAGE (inactive)

Constituted l l J anuary 18 12 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3~ Regiment of Artillery. Organized in J uly 18 12 at Sacket's Ha rbor, New York, as Capt. Roger J ones' Company, 3d Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated in February 1814 as Capt. A.C.W. Fanning's Company, 3d Regiment of Artille ry. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. A.C.W. Fanning's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated in 1815 as Capt. Roger J ones' Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 17 J une 1816 as Company E, 3d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 1 J une 1821 as Company A, 3d Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 25th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 Februar y 1907 as the 25th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 19 16 as the 2d Company, Fort Miley [Californ ia] . Redesignated 31 August 19 17 as the 19th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated 25 October 19 18 as Battery C, 18th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 2 December 19 18 as the 19th Company, Coast Defenses of San Fra ncisco. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 25th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery A, 3d Coast Artillery. Inactivated 1 March 1930 at San Pedro, Californ ia. Activated 1 J uly 1939 at For t MacArthur, Cali fornia.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery C, 520th Coast Artillery Battalion . Redesignated 1 December 1944 as Battery C, 3d Coast Artillery Bt;tttalion. Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthu r, Cali fornia. Reconstituted 20 J an uary 1950 in the Regular Army; concur rently consolidated with Batte ry C, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated u nit designated as Battery C, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, a n element of the 3d In fantry Division. Redesignated 15 April 1953 as Battery C, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated ! .July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, a nd relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division.

Consolidated I J anuary 1960 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battal ion, 3d Artillery (active) (organized in 1812), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headqua rters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 3d Art illery, an element of the 3d Armored Division (o rgan ic elements constituted 30 August 1957 and activated 1 October 1957). Redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 2d Baualion, 3d Arti llery.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 3d Artillery) 1 September 197 1 as the 2d Battalion,


3d Air Defense Arti lle ry; concurrently inactivated in Germany a nd relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division (former H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 3d Artille ry, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 2cl Battalion, 3d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 2d Battalion, 3d Air Defense Artillery, activated 13 September 1972 at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan. Inactivated 30 September 1974 at Selfridge Air Force Base, Mich igan.

ANNEX

Constituted 6 J uly 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery C, 534th Coast Artillery Battalion . Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 12 December 1943 as Battery C, 534th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. I nactivated 19 October 1945 at Camp Patrick He nry, Virginia. Redesignated 9 December I 948 as Battery C, 3d Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to

the Regular Army. Activated 15 J an uary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas, as an element of the 3d Infantry Division.

CAMPAIGN P ARTtCI I'AT ION CREDIT

War of 1812 *Canada

Indian Wars *Seminoles *Washington 1858

Shenandoah Mississippi 1863 Tennessee 1863 Tennessee .1864 Vi1·giuia 1863

t\ife.~ica11 War *P;do Alto

China Uelief ExfJetlitilm

*Res;H;a de Ia Palm<t *Monterey

Buena Vis1a *Vera Cruz "'Cerro Gordo Contreras Churubusco Moliuo del Rey Chapul tcpe<:

*Puebla 1847 *Tiax<:ala 1847

Civil War Pe ninsula Amietem Fredericksburg Chancello rs vi lle Genysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Petersburg

*Streamer without insc ri ption

PhilifJ!Jine Insurrection *Streamer without inscription

World War// *Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead ) *A nzio (wiLh arrowhead) *Rome-A rno *Southern France (with anowhcad)

North Apennines *Ardennes-Aisace *Cemral Europe

Po Valley

Korean War *CCF in tcrvemion *First UN counteroffen sive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winte1· *Korea. summer- fall 1952 *Third Korean winte1· *Korea, summer 1953


DECORATIONS

Meritor io us Unit Comme ndation, Streamer embroidered EU ROPEAN THEATER

*Republic of Ko rea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered Ul.JONGBU CO RRIDOR (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 20, 1953)

*Republic o f Korea Presidential Unit Citation , Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 29, 1954)

*Chryssoun Aristion A ndrias (Brave ry Gold Med? l of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1956)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company in the 2d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in April 1812 at Petersburg, Virginia, as Capt. George W. Russell's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. George W. Russell's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated in late 1814 as Capt. JohnS. Peyton's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May {815 as Capt. John S. Peyton's Company, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division (commanded by 2d Lt. Peter A. Dennis). Redesignated in September 1815 as Capt. Hippolite H. Villard's Company, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division. Redesignated 21 August 1816 as Company 0, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division. Redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company I, 3d Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 31st Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 31st Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in September 1916 as the 2d Company, J.<ort Caswell [North Carolina]. Redesignated 19 July 1917 as Battery L, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery L, 53d Artillery (Coast Artiller y Corps). Redesignated 6 August 1918 as Battery E, 53d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 31st Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 July 1924.)

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery C, 3d Coast Artillery, and inactivated at San Diego, California. Activated 2 December 1940 at Fort Rosecrans, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery A, 522d Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September 1945 as Battery D, Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles. Inactivated 30 J une 1946 at Fort MacArthur, California. Redesignated 28 J une 1950 as Battery A, 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery A, 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 2 May 1952 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Redesignated 24July 1953 as Battery A, 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 j une 1957 as Battery B, 504th Antiaircraft Arti llery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Newport, Michigan.

Consolidated 1 January 1960 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 3d Artillery (active) (organized in 1861), and consolidated unit designated as Headquartei·s and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 3d Artillery (organic elements constituted 2 J une 1958 and activated 25 J une 1958). Redesignated 1J uly 1968 as the 3d Battalion, 3d Artillery. Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 3d Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion,


3d Air Defense Artillery (forme r Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 3d Arti llery, concurren tly redesignated as the 3d Baltalion, 3d Field ArLillery-hereafter sepa rate lineage).

CAMPAIGN P A RT I C lPA'f'ION CREDIT

War of 18 12 Canada

hulian Wars *Seminoles

Washington 1858

il'ltxiam War *Palo AJLO *Resaca de Ia Palma

Momerey 13uena Visw Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo

*Co mreras *Churubusco *Molino del Rey *Chapultepcc *Vera Cruz 1847

l'ucbla 1847

Civil War l'cninsula Ant ietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Geu ysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Petersburg Shenandoah Mississippi 1863 Tennessee 1863

D ECORATIONS

Tennessee 1864 Virginia 1863

China llelitf Exptdition *Streamer without inscription

Philippine lnsurrtction *Streamer with inscription

World War I *St. Mihiel *Meuse· Argonne *Lorraine 19 18

World Wttr 1/ Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead) Anzio (with ;uTowh'.!ad) Rome-Arno Southern France (with arrowhead) North Apennines Ardcnnes-Aisace Cemral Eur·ope Po Valley

Korean W<lr CCF intervemion First UN cou nteroiTcnsivc CCF spring offensive UN summer-fa ll offe nsive Second Ko rean winter· Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Meritorious UniL Commendatio n, Streamer embro ide red EU ROPEAN

'I' ll EA'I'IO: R



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 9 May 1794 in the Regular Army as the 3d Company, 4th Battalion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized 7 August 1794 at West Point, New York, as Capt. Michael Kalteisen's 3d Company, 4th Baualion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 27 April 1798 as Capt. Michael Kalteisen's Company, 2d Battalion, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 1 April 1802 as CapL Michael Kalteisen's Company, Regiment o[ Artillerists. Redesignated 3 November 1807 as Capt. George Peter's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated in May 1808 as Capt. Clarence Mulford's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated II January 1812 as Capt. Clarence Mulford's Company (under the command of 2d Lt. Samuel Champlain), 1st Regiment of Artillery. Redes ignated in February 1812 as Capt. William Wilson's Company, lst Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. William Wilson's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Capt. William Wilson 's Company, Corps of Arti llery, Southern Division. Redesignated 2 1 August 1816 as Compan y B, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Souther-n Division . Redesignated I June 1821 as Company B, 3d Regiment or Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated J 3 February 1901 as the 26th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 26th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated l6July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Flagler [Washington]. Redesignated 31 August J 917 as the 13th Company, Coast Defenses of Puget Sound. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 26th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery B, 3d Coast Artiller)' . Inactivated I March 1930 at Fort MacArthur, California. Activated I July 1940 at Fort MacArthur, Cal ifornia.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery B, 520th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated J December J 944 as Batte ry B, 3d Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September 1945 as Battery C, Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles. Inactivated 30 .June I 946 at Fort MacArthur, Cali forn ia. Consolidated 27 February 1950 with Battery B, 3d Antiaircraft A1·tillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX),

and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division . Redesignated 15 April 1953 as Battery B, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d In fantry Division. ·

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 3d Arti llery (organ ic elements concurrently constituted) . Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Detroit, Mich-


igan. (Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 4th Missile Battalion, 3d Artille ry, consolidated I .Ja nuary 1960 with Battery B, 3d Armored Field Artillery Baualion [organized in I 898], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 3d Artillery.) Inactivated 23 December I 960 at Detroit, Mich igan. Redesignated 22 j anuary 1962 as the 4th Battalion, 3d Artillery, and assigned to the 1st Armored Division . Activated 3 Februa ry 1962 at Fort H ood, Texas, Inactivated 5 May 1971 at Fort Hood, T exas, and rel ieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division.

Redesignated (less former Battery B, 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion) 1 September 197 1 as the 4th Batta lion, 3d Air Defense Artillery (forme r Battery B, 3d Armored Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 4th Battalion, 3d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 6 .July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery B, 534th Coast Artillery Batta lion. Activated 15 july 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 12 December 1943 as Battery B, 534th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 19 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Vit·ginia. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as Battery B, 3d Antia ircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Arm y. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas, as a n element of the 3d Infantry Division.

CAM J>J\ JGN PARTICJPATIO

Wm- of 1812 Canada

fmli111t Wars *Seminoles *Oregon 185() *'..Vashington 1858

M l'xican IVar Palo Alto Resaca clc Ia Palma

*M<mtercy IJuena Vista

*Vera Crm *Cerro Gordo *Com reras *Churubusco *~ l olino del Rcy *Chapuhcpec *l'uchla 1847

Civil War Peninsula Antietam Fredericksburg Chanccllorsville Gcnysbmg Wilderness

C R EDIT

Spmsylvania Petersburg Shenandoah Mississippi 186:1 Tennessee 1863 Tennessee 1864 Virginia 1 8(i~l

\II orltl ll'ar II *Naplcs-Foggia (with arrowhead) *J\m.io (with arrowhead) *Rome-A rno *Southern France (with arrowhead)

North Apennines * Ardennes-Aisacc *Central Eumpe

Po Valley

Kort>an iVar *CCF imer"ention *First UN coumcroffcnsi\'c *CCF spring offensive *UN sunnner-l;ttl offensive *Second Korean win te1· *Korea , sum1ncr- fall 1952 *Third Korean wintc1· *Kore;1. summer 1953


DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered J::UROPEAN

Ti l EATER

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered Ul.J ONCBU CORRIDOR (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 20, 1953)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroide red IRON TRIANGLE (3d Amiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 29, 1954)

*Chryssou n Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1956)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 9 May 1794 in the Regular Army as the 4th Company, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized in August 1794 at West Point, New York, as Capt. Donald G. Mitchell's 4th Company, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 27 Aprill798 as Capt. Donald G. Mitchell's Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 6 August 1798 as Capt. Nehemiah Freeman's Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated I Aprill802 as Capt. RichardS. Blackburn's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 30 April 1803 as Capt. John Saunder's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 3 June 1809 as Capt. William Wilson's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated II .January 1812 as Capt. William Wilson's Company, 1st Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 29 February 18 12 as Capt. Hannibal M. Allen's Company, 1st Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 16 August 1813 as Capt. Hopley Yeaton 's Company, 1st Regiment of Arti llery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. Hopley Yeaton's Company, Corps o f Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Capt. Hopley Yeaton's Company, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division. Redesignated 2 1 August 1816 as Company K, 2d Battalion, Corps of Arti llery, Southern Division. Redesignated 1 August 182 1 as Company D, 3d Regiment.of Anillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 27th Company, Coast Artillery, Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 27th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in j u ly 1916 as the 7th Company, Fort Winfield Scott [California]. Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 7th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated 22 December 1917 as the 4th Separate Antiaircraft Battery. Disbanded 22 J anuary 1919 at Fort Totten, New York. Reconstituted 1 june 1922 in the Regular Army; concurren tly consolidated with the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of Los Angeles (active) (organized 1 February 1918 at Los Angeles), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 27th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated I july 1924 as Battery D, 3d Coast Anillery. Inactivated 1 February J 940 at Fort Rosecrans, Cali fornia. Activated 2 December 1940 at Fort MacArthur, California. Inactivated 1 October 1942 at Fort MacArthur, California. Disbanded 18 October 1941.

Reconstituted 27 February 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery D, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battali on, an clement of the 3d Infantry Division. Redesignated 15 April 1953 as Bat-

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Le•·y D, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated ljuly 1957 at Fort ~ennin g, Georgia , and relievccll'rom assignment to the 3d l nfa.ntry DiviSIOn .

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 3d Artillery (organic clements concurren tl y constituted) . Bana l ion activated I September 1958 at Pittsburg h, Pe nnsylvania. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Bawtlion, 3d Artillery, consolidated I J anuary 1960 with Battery D, 3d Field Arti lle ry [o rganized in 1798], and consolidated un it desig nated as Headquarters and Headqua n ers Batte ry, 5th Missile Battalio n , 3d Artillery.) Inactivated 18 October 1963 at Oakdale, Pennsylvania. Redesignated 24 November 1967 as the 5th Battalion, 3d Artillery, assigned to the 6th 1 nfantry Di vision , and activated at Fort Campbell, Ke ntucky. Inactivated 24 July 1968 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Div ision.

Redesignated (Jess former Baucry 0 , 3d Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, 3d Air De fense Arti llery (former Batte ry 0 , 3d Field Artillery, concurrently redesig nated as the 5th Battalio n , 3d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage) .

ANNEX

Constituted 6 J uly 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery D, 534th Coast Artillery Baualion. Activated 15 .J u ly I 942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated I 2 December 1943 as Battery D, 534th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Baua lion. Inactivated J 9 Octobe•· 1945 at Camp Patrick Hcqry, Virginia. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as Battery D, 3d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, a nd allotted to the Regular Army. Activated I 5 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, T exas, as an element of the 3d Infantry Division.

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CAM I'A I ( :N PARTICI J>A T ION CREDIT

War of 1812 Canada

Indian \Van *Seminoles


Mississippi I !lt):l Tennessee 1863 Tennessee I H6<1 Virginia 1863

Washingwn I H5!l Cltina Hrlt~J H.vfmlition

Mexim11 Wflr P;1 lo Aho Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey Buena Vista

*Vera Cru1 *Cerro Cordo Conu·era~

Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapuhepec l'uchla I !H7

Cit~il W11r Peninsula Amietam Fredericksburg Chanccllo1willc Ceuysburg Wilderness Spmsylvania Petersburg Shenandoah

D ECORATIO s

*Streamer without inscription

PltilifJ/Jine l n.II/ITl'rlioll *Streamer without inscription

Wm'itl War // *Naplcs-Foggia (with arrowhead) *Anzio (with arrowhead) *Rome-1\ nw *Southern France (with aiTowhead)

k orth i\ pennines *Ardennes-Aisace *Centra l l·:uropc

Po Va lley

Korra11 War *CCF intervent ion *First UN counteroiTensi\'C *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensi,•e *Sen)lld Korean wimcr *Korea. summer- fa ll 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea. summer 1953

MeriLOrious Unit Commendation, StJ·eamer embroidered t::UROI'EAN

TI I EATER

*Republic of Korea Presidential Un it Citation, Streamer e mbroide red U IJO~GBU coRRIDO R (3d Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalion cited; DA GO 20, 1953)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer e mbroidered IRO TRIA GLE (3d Antia it·craft Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 29, 1954)

*Chryssoun Ar is t ion And rias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (3d Antiaircral't Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1956)


6th MISSILE BATTALION, 3d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

69

RA (inactive)

LtNEAGE

Constituted 3 March 1847 in the Regular Army as Company M, 3d Regiment of Artillery. Organized 1 October 1847.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 34th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 34th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 1916 as the lst Company, Fort Stevens [Oregon]. Redesignated 3 I August J 917 as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of the Columbia. Redesignated 1 june 1922 as the 34th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 july 1924 as Battery F, 3d Coast Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Stevens, Oregon. Activated l July 1939 at Fort Stevens, Oregon. Inactivated 1 February 1940 at Fort Stevens, Oregon. Activated 2 December 1940 at Fort MacArthur, Cali fornia.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery C, 522d Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, Cali fornia. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; conc.urrently consolidated with Battery C, 43d Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery C, 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , an element of the lOth Infantry Division. Redesignated 15 J une 1954 as Battery C, 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. (43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion relieved 16 May 1957 from assignment to the lOth Infantry Division.) Inactivated 14 November 1957 in Germany.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 3d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Arl ington Heights, Illinois. (Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 3d Artillery, consolidated I J anuary 1960 with Battery F, 3d Field Artillery [organized in 1898], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 3d Artillery.) Inactivated 1 June 1965 at Chicago, Illinois.

Redesignated (less former Battery F, 3d Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 6th Missile Battalion, 3d Air Defense Artillery (former Battery F, 3d Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 6th Missile Battalion, 3d Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery G, 504th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 July 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 20 J anuary 1943 as Battery C, 630th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 12 December 1943 as. Battery C,


630th An tia ircraft Artillery Au tomatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 26 Septem ber 1945 in Italy. Red esignated 18 J une l 948as Batte ry C,43d Antia ircraft Artillery Au tomatic Weapons Batta lion, an element of the lOth I n fan try Division. Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

CAM PAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT War of 1812

Canada

hulian Wars Seminoles

*Cal ifornia 1850 *Washingwn 1858

Mexican War Palo Alto Resa"• d e Ia Palma Monterey Buena Vista Vera Cruz

Spotsylvania Petersburg Shenandoah

*Mississippi 1863 *Tennessee 1863 *Tennessee 1864

Virginia 1863

World Wt1r ll *Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)

Anzio (with arrowhead) *Rome-Arno Southern France (with arrowhead)

*North Apennines Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe

*Po Valley

Cerro Gordo Contreras Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapul tepcc Puebla 1847

Korean War

Civil War *Peninsula *Antietam *Fredericksburg Cha••ccllorsvi lle Ceuysburg

*Wilderness

DECORAT IONS

CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer- fall 1952 Thin! Korean wi rHer Korea, summer 1953

*Meritorious U ni t Com mend atio n, Streamer embroid ered EUROPEAN THEATER (630th A n tia ircraft Artill e ry Auto matic Wea po ns Batta li o n cited ; GO 103, H ead q uarters, Fifth A rmy, 19 August 1945)


7th BATTALION, 3d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

AR (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 2 March 1899 in the Regular Army as Battery N, 3d R.egiment of Artillery. Organ ized in April 1899 at Ange l Island, Califo rma.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 35th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 35th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 19 16 as the 1st Company, Fort Monroe [Virginia] . Redesignated 3 I August 19 17 as the I st. Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 35th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated I July 1924 as Battery G, 3d Coast Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Monroe, Virg in ia. Activated I June 194 1 as Los Angeles, Ca lifornia. Inactivated 29 August 194 1 at Los Angeles, California . Activated 14 February 1942 at Fort MacArthur, California.

Reorgan ized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery A, 52 l st Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September 1945 as Battery E, Harbor Def'enses of Los Ange les. Inactivated 30 June 1946 at Fort MacArthur, California. Redesignated 28 J une 1950 as Battery B, 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as. Batte ry B, 18th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battal io n. Activated 2 May 1952 at Fort Custer , Michigan. Redesignated 24 July I 953 as Battery B, 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 June 1957 as Battery D, 85th Antiaircraft Ar tillery Missile Battalion . Inactivated J September 1958 at Newport, Michigan.

Redesignated 24 July 1959 as Headquarters and 1-Ieaclquar tc rs Battery, 7th Howitze r Battalion, 3d Ar tillery; concurrenr.ly 'vv ithd ravm f'rom the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the Fif'th United States Army (organic elements concurre ntly constill.lted). Battalion activated l October 1959 with Headquarters at Evanston, lllino is. Location of 1-Ieadquaners changed I March 1963 to Chicago, Illinois. Redesignated I October J 963 as the 7th Battalion, 3d Artillery. Inactivated I September 197 1 at Chicago, Illi nois; concu rrently redesig nated as the 7th Battalion, 3d Air Defense Ar tille ry.

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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDJT

War of 1812 Canada

Indian Wan Seminoles Washingwn 1858

Mexican War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma i'vlon1e1·ey Buena Vista Vera Cnll


Spotsylvania Petersburg Shemutdoah Mississippi 1863 Tennessee 1863 Tennessee 1864 Virginia 1863

World War II Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead) Anzio (wi th arrowhead) Rome-Arno Southern France (wi th arrowhead) NOI'Lh Apennines Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe Po Va lley

Cerro Gordo Contreras C hurubusco Mol ino del Rey C hapultepec Puebla 1847 Korean War

Civil War Peninsula Amiewm Fredericksbu rg Chancellorsvil lc Gettysburg Wildemcss

DECOR AT IONS

CCF imervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winLer Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third Kot·ean winter Korea, summer 1953

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered EU RO PEAN

T HF:ATER



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 2 March 1899 in the Regular Army as Battery 0 , 3d Regiment of Artille ry. Organized in 1899 at the Presid io of San Francisco, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 36th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 36th Company, Coast Artitlery Corps. Redesignated in .J uly 19 16 as the 5th Company, Fort Mills [Philippine Islands). Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 5th Company, Coast Defenses of Mani la a nd Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 J une 1922 as the 36th Company, Coast. Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J u ly 192LI as Headquarters Battery, 3d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery B, 52 1 st Coast Artillery Batta lio n. Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort MacArthur, California.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 3d Antiaircraft Artille ry Group. Activated 11 june 1951 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarte rs Battery, 3d Artillery Group.

Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Norfolk, Virginia; concurrently consol idated with Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 8th Missile Battalion, 3d ArtiJJery (active) (organized in 19 16), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters 13attery, 8th Missile Battalion, 3d ArtiiJery (organic clements constituted 16 J anuary 196 I a nd activated I February 196 I ). Redesignated 30 June 1968 as the 8th Battalion, 3d Artillery.

ReOJ-ganized and redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 8th Missile Battalion , 3d Artillery) I Septe mber 197 I as the 8th Battalion, 3d Air Defense Artillery (former Headquarters and lleadquarters Battery, 8th Missile Battalion , 3d Arti lle ry, concurrently redesignated as the 8th 13attalion, 3d Field Artillery- hereafter separate lineage) . 8th Battalion , 3d Air Defense Artillery , inactivated 12 June 1973 at Oakland Army Base, Cal irornia.

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CAMPA IGN P A RT I C I PATI ON C REDIT

War of /812 Canada

1m/ian Wars Seminoles vVashingtou 1858

Mexiam War Palo i\ lw Resaca de Ia Palma ~lontcrey lluena Vista Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Coutn:ras Churubusco Moliuo del Re)' Chapultepcc Puebla 1847

Civil War Peninsula Antietam Ft·cdcricksbttrg Chancellorsvillc Gctt )'Shm·g Wilderness Spmsylvauia Petersburg Shenandoah

DECO RATIONS

AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY

Mississippi 1863 Tennessee 1863 Tcnnessc~: 18(i1 Virginia 1863

China Relief Expetlitioll *Streamer withou t inscription

Philipphte f11surrection *Streamer without inscription

\Vorlti\Var II Naples-F'oggia (with arrowhead) Anzio (with armwhea<l) Rome-i\mo Southern Fraucc (with arrowhead) 1 orth Apenniues A rdennes-Aisacc Centntl Europe Po Valley

Korea11 War CCF in terventiou First UN counteroiTcnsive CCF spriug offcusive UN sunllncr- fall offc11sive Second Korean winter Korea , stmuner-f;~ll 1952 Third Kore;~n winter Korea, summer 1953

Meritorious Un iL Cornmcndation, Streamer embroide red E U ROPEAN

T i l E/\'I'ER



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Anny of the United States as H eadquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 504th Coast Artille ry. Activated 1 J uly 1942 at Camp Hule n, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 20 J anuary 1943 as Headquar ters Battery, 630th Coast Artillery Batta lion. Redesignated 12 December 1943 as Headquarters Battery, 630th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion . Inactivated 26 September 1945 in ·Italy. Redesignated 18 J une 1948 as Headquarters Battery, 43d A ntiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 1Oth In fan try Division. Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Redesigna ted 15 June 1954 as Headquarters Battery, 43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. (43d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion relieved 16 May 1957 from assignment to the I Oth Infantry Division.) Inactivated 14 Novem ber 1957 in Germany.

Redesignated 7 August 1958 as the 16th Detachment, 3d Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 on Okinawa. I nactivated 25 October 1961 on Okinawa. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 16th Detachment, 3d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War 11-EAiv/E

Naplcs-Foggia (wi th arrowhead) Rome-Arno North Apennines Po Valley

DECORAT IONS

Meritorio us Unit Commendation for action in the EUROPEAN T H E

ATER (630th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; GO 103, Headquarters, Fifth Army, 19 August 1945)

3D AlR D EFENSE ART ILLERY BIBLIOG RAPHY

Anderson, Robert. An A·rtillery Officer· in the Mexica·n War, 1846-7. New York and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1911.

Birkhi.me r, William E. "The Third Regiment of Artille ry." The Anny of the Unzted States. Edited by Theophilus F. Rodenbaugh a nd William L. Haskin, 328-50. New York: Maynard, Merrill and Company, 1896. Origina ll y published in j oumal of the Militmy Se·rvice Institution of the United States 14 (1893):458-90.

Dutchak, Eugene, eel. 2d Annor·ed Division, Fort Hood, Texas, 1961- 1962. Topeka : J osten Military Publications, 1962. Contains in format ion about the 1st Batt~lion, 2d Air Defense Artillery.

Dyer, Frederick. "3d RegimentofArtillery." A ComfJendiu.mofthe War~{the


Rebellion. New York: Thon1as Yoseloff, 1959. 1st Armored Division, Fort 1/oocL, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy

Publishing Company, 1963. Contains in formation about the 4th Battalion, 3d Air Defense Artillery.

Halpern, Norman G. "A J3altery's Flying Tackle ." Antiai1·cmft Artille1)1 j ou?"'nal94 (November- December 1951): 15-16.

Harbor· Defenses of Los Angeles, Fort MacATthw·, 1941. BaLOn Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

llm·bor· Defenses of Los Angeles in Wodd Wm· II. Los Angeles, 1946. Hawley, Donald C. Thin! Coast A1·tille1y. San Pedro, Calif. , 1942. Kip, Lawrence. Anny Life on the Pacific; A j ournal of the ExfJedition Against

Nm·them Indians; The Tribes of the Coew· D'Alenes, Spolums, and Pelouzes, in the SummeT of 1858. Redfield, N.Y., 1859.

Mahon, John K. History of the Second Seminole Wa·r, 1835- 1842. Gainesville: Un iversity of Florida Press, 1967.

Marqual, William F. "Automatic Artillery in Korea." AntiaiTcrajt ATtille1)1 journal 93 (November- December 1950):2-9; 94 (January-February 195 1):2- 12; (March- April 1951):2-5; (May- J une 195 1):2-6; (July-August 1951 ):2-9; (September-Ocwber 195 1):2-5; (November-December 195 1):2-6; 95 Uanuary-February 1952):2-5; (March-April 1952):8- 10; (May-June 1952): 12- 15.

Moomaw, Otho A. "Divisional Organic Antiaircraft Artillery : Sum and Substance." Antiaircmft Artilleryjoumal96 (July 1953):2-7.

---·"Up Front wit.h the 3d Antiaircraft Artillery." Antiai?·craft A1·tille1y j ouma.l96 (March 1953):20- 2 1.

Nu rre, H.J . "D" Batte1)1, 53 4th AAA (AW) Battalion. Nuremburg, Germany, 1945.

2d Armored Division "Hr'll on Wheels," Fort Hood, Texas, 1965. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1965. Contains information about the 1st Batta lion, 3d Air Defense Anillcry.

Sprague, .John T. The 01igin, P1·ogress, and Conclusion of the Flo-rida War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848. Reprint. Gainesville, Fla.: University or Florida Press, 1964.

The Third Coast Artille1y, A 1-Jistm·ical Sl<etch. N.p., 1943.

4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY HERALDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Mollo: Symbolism:

Gules, two pallets argent, on and over a fess vert between in chief overall five rays beveled counter beveled issuant fanwise blended from base blue through green and yellow to orange and in base a Lorraine Cross or, an escallop of the last charged with a Spanish castle of the first and between two cannon palewise of the second. On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, a sheaf of twelve arrows argent behind a ga rb pierced by a fishhook fesswise, hook to sinister and base, or. Audacia (By Daring Deeds). The shield is scarlet for artillery and with the two white stripes, representative of the campaign streamer or the War of 1812, depicts the age of some of the units of the regiment. The green fcss refers to Mexican War service, and the two silver cannon allude to those lost without dishonor and regained with glory during that war. The escallop, the emblem of St. J ames, with the Spanish castle, represents the battle of Santiago, Cuba, in wh ich elements of the regiment participated. The Lorraine Cross signifies the service of a battery of the regiment in Lorraine during World War I. The five rays, indicative of the aurora borealis, denote the service of' batteries of the regiment in Alaska.

The garb and fishook commemorate participation in the battle of Gettysburg in the wheat field , the fishhook being the shape of the federal battle line. The arrows denote the Indian campaigns.

DtS'I' l NCTIVE I NS IGN IA

T he distinctive insign ia is an adaptation of the crest and motto of the coat or arms.

L I NEAGE AND H oNoRs

LINEAGE

Constituted I .J une 182 I in the Regular Army as the 4th Regiment of Artillery a nd organized from new and existing units with Headq uarters at Pensacola, Florida. Regiment broken up I 3 February 190 l and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies

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and batteries of Artillery Corps. Reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 4th Coast Artillery. Activated 18 August 1924 (less Batteries B, E, and F) in the Canal Zone. (Battery C inactivated 31 J uly 1926 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone; Batteries B, C, and F activated 15 Apri l 1932 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone; Battery E activated I Febi'Uary 1938 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone; Battery 0 activated 15 March 1940 in the Canal Zone; Bauerics M and N activated 14 October J 940 in the Canal Zone; Battery L activated 27 J an uary 1941 in the Canal Zone.) Regiment (less Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery) disbanded 3 October 1944 in the Canal Zone.

Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 4th Coast Artillery, reorgan ized and redesignated I November 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Coast Artillery Group. Reorganized and redesignated 2 J a nuary 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Harbor Defenses of Balboa. 1 nactivated 15 J an uary 1947 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Antia ircraft Artillery Croup (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquaners Battery, 4th Antiaircra ft Artillery Croup. Activated I September 1951 at Ladd Ai r Force Base, Alaska. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1958 at Ladd Air force Base, Alaska.

Regiment (less Headquarters and Headqua n e rs Batte ry) reconstituted 12 October 1944 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 4th Coast Arti llery Battalion (constituted 3 October 1944 in the Army of the United States) and consolidated unit designated as the 4th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated I November 1944 in the Canal Zone. Disbanded (less Batteries A and D) I February 1946 in the Canal Zone (Batterjes A and D concurrently redesignated as Batteries A a nd D, Harbor Defenses of Balboa; inactivated 15 J anuary 1947 and 15 May L950, respectively, in the Canal Zone). 4th Coast Artillery Battalion (less Batteries A and D) reconstituted 28 .J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently batta lion and Batteries A and D, Harbor Defenses of Balboa, redesignated as the 4th Coast Artillery (less Headquarters and Headquarters Battery).

1st Batta lion, 4th Coast Artillery, consol idated 28 June 1950 with the 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as the 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 3 J July 1950 as the 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 16.June 1957 in England.

2d Battalion, 4th Coast Artillery, redesignated 28 june 1950 as the 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Baualion. Redesignated 13 March J 952 as the 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 May L 952 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 1 May 1953 as the 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Batta lion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Phantom Lake, Washington.

3d Battalion, 4th Coast Artillery, redesignated 28 .J une 1950 as the


44th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated I April I 951 as the 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 3 August J 953 as the 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 22 Ma1·ch 1955 as the 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Niagara Falls, New York.

Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 4th and 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion; and 4th Field Arti llery Battalion (organized in 1907) consolidated, reorgan ized, a nd redesignated as the 4th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.

4th Arti llery (less former 4th Field Arti llery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated I September 1971 as the 4th Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 4th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorgan ized and redesignated as the 4th Field Artjllery-hereafter separate lineage) .

ANNEX ]

Constitu ted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Au tomatic Weapons Group. Activated 24 August 1942 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated in the fall of 1943 as Headquarters and J-:leadquarters Battery, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Disbanded 9 December I 944 in Italy. Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army.

ANNEX 2 Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 3d Bat

talion, 95th Coast Arti ll ery. Activated 17 Apri l J 941 qt Camp Davis, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 866th Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 30 September 1946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands . Redesignated I3 October 1948 as the 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT War a[ 1812

Louisiana 1815

Indian Wm:f Creeks Seminoles Modoc;s Little Big I tom Nez Pcrccs Bannocks

Alrxiran War Palo Alw Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Coutrcnas Chapultepe<: Tamaulipas llH6

Ci11i/ War Peniusula Shiloh Valle)' M;massas Antietam Fredericksburg M urfreesbomugh Chaucellorsville Geuysburg Chickamauga Chattanooga Wilderness Spmsylvauia

DECORATIONS

AIR DEFENSE ART ILLE RY

Cold llarbor Petersburg Shenandoah

ashville Appomattox Virginia 18fil Virginia 11!62 Virginia I 863 Virginia 11!61 Virginia 18()5 Mississippi 1862

Wol'ld War II Americau Theater, Streamer without

insuiptiou Tunisia Sicily Naplcs-Foggia Rome-Arno l .eyte Ry.ukyus

Vietnam CoumerufTensivc, Phase II Counteroffensive, Phase Ill Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Countcro!Tcnsivc, Phase V Counteroffeusivc, Phase VI Tet 69/Coumeroffensivc Summer-fall 1969 Wimcr-spring 1970 Sanctuaa·y Coumero!Tensivc Coumcrol'fensive, Phase VI I Consolidation I

Presidential Unit C itation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967 (8th Battalion [less Batter y B], 4th Artille r y, cited; D/\ GO 32, 1973)

Va lo rous Unit Award, Streame r embro ide red SA IGON (2d Battalion, 4th Artill e ry, cited; DA GO 43, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendatio n, Stt·eamer embroide red VIETNAM 1968-1969 (8th Battalion , 4th Artille ry, cited; DA GO 59, 1970)

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 8 1

1st BATTALION, 4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

L INEAGE (nondivisional)

Constituted 20 October 1786 in the Regular Army as Capt. Henry Burbeck's Company of Artillery and organized at West Point, New York. Redesignated 3 October 1787 as Capt. Henry Burbeck's 3d Company, Battalion of Artillery. Redesignated in 1792 as Capt. Daniel McLane's Company of Artillery of the 4th Sublegion, Legion of the United States. Redesignated 9 May 1794 as Capt. Daniel McLane's Company, l st Battalion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated I November 1797 as Capt. George Ingersoll's Company, lst Battalion, Corps of Arti llerists and Engineers. Redesignated 27 April 1798 as Capt. George ingersoll's Company, 1st Batta lion, l st Regiment of Artillerists a nd Engineers. Consolidated 1 April 1802 with Capt. George Izard 's Company, l st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers (see ANNEX 1), Capt. Frederick Frye's Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers (see ANNEX 2) , and Capt. Peter Tallman 's Company, lst Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit redesignated as Capt. Henry M. Muhlenberg's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 24 November 1804 as Capt. J ames B. Many's Company, Regiment of Arti llerists. Redesignated 11 J anuary 181 2 as Capt. j ames B. Many's Company, 1st Regiment of Arti llery. Red esignated 16 August 1813 as Capt. Thomas G. Murray's Company, 1st Regiment of Artillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. T homas G. Murray's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 18 15 as Capt. Thomas G. Murray's Company, Corps of Arti llery, Southern Division. Redesignated 2 1 August 18 16 as Company G, 3d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division. Redesignated 1 june 182 L as Company D, 4th Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 39th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 39th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 30 J une 19 16 as the 1st Company, Fm·t Morgan [Alabama]. Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 1st Company, Coast De fenses of Mobile. Inactivated 18 September 192 1 at Fort Morgan, Alabama. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 39th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated l july I 924 as Battery D, 4th Coast Artille ry. Activated 18 August 1924 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded 3 October 1944 in the Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 12 October 1944 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 4th Coast Artillery Battalion (constituted 3 October 1944 in the Army of the United States), and consol idated unit designated as Batte ry D, 4th Coast Artillery Batta lion. Activated I November 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone . Redesignated 1 February 1946 as Battery D, Harbor Defenses of Balboa. Inactivated 15 May 1950


at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Bauery D, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see AN 1 EX 4), and consolidated unit designated as Battery D, 4th Antiaircra ft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Baualion. Redesignated 31 July 1950 as Battery D, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 15 November 1954 in England.

Reconstituted 12 August 1958 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 4th Field Arti llery (organized in 190 1), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headq uarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 4th Artillery (organic elements concuJTently constituted). Battalion activated I September 1958 at Niagara Falls, New York. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 1st Battalion, 4th Artillery. Inactivated 31 March 1970 at Niagara Falls, I ew York.

Redesignated (less former Battery D, 4th Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery D, 4th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the lst Battalion, 4th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). I st Baualion, 4th Air Defense Artill ery, activated 13 September l972 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Inactivated 30 july 1974 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Activated 1 April 1979 at Fort Lewis, Washington.

ANNEX I

Constituted 9 May 1794 in the Regular Army as the I st Company, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized in June 1795 as Capt. Griffith J. McRee's 1st Company, 2cl Battalion, .Corps of Ani llerists and Engineers. Redesignated in August 1796 as a company, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers (Captain McRee took command or Captain Wadsworth's Company in 1796-see ANNEX 3). Redesignated 27 April 1798 as a company, 1st Battal ion, I st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 9 March 180 I as Capt. Piercy S. Pope's Company, lst Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated in 180 l as Capt. George Izard's Company, 1s t Regi ment of Arti ller ists and Engineers.

ANNEX 2

Constituted27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the I st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized in July 1798 in Pennsylvania as Capt. J ohn McClallen's Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated in 1799 as Capt. Frederick Frye's Company, lst Battalion , I st Regimem of Artillerists and Engineers.

ANNEX 3 Constituted 9 May 1794 in the Regular Army as the 2d Company, 3d

Battalion, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. Organized in June 1794 at West Point, New York, as Capt. Decius Wadsworth's 2cl Company, 3d Battalion, Corps of Arti llerists and Engineers. Redesignated 30 june 1796

LI NEAGES AND HERALDIC DAT A 83

as Lt. William Morris' 2d Compan y, 3d Batta lion, Corps of Artillerists and Eng ineers. Redesignated in August 1796 as Capt. Griffith J. McRee's 3d Company, 3d Battalion, Corps of Artiller ists and Engineers. Redesignated 27 April 1798 as Capt. .Joseph Elliott's Company, I st Regime n t o f Ar tille rists and Engineers. Redesignated 29 December 1800 as Capt. Peter T all man's Company, 1st Regimen t of Arti llerists and Engineers.

ANNEX 4

ConstiLUted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery M, 95th Coast Arti lle ry. Activated 17 April 194 1 at Camp Davis, North Carol ina.

Reorgan ized and redesignated J 2 December 1943 as Battery D, 866th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalio n. Inactivated 30 September 1946 o n Luzon, Ph ilippine Islands. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery 0 , 4th An tiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapo ns Battalio n. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bl iss, Texas.

CAJ\•I I'AICN PARTICIPATION C REDIT

W(lr oi 1812 *Louisiana 18 15

lndia11 Wars *Creeks *Seminoles ~lodocs Little Big Hom

*Nez Perces *Bannocks

i\1/l'xican War *Palo Aho *Resaca de Ia Palma

Monterey *Vera Cruz *Cerm Gordo *Contreras . *Chapultepec *Tamaulipas 184()

Peninsula Shiloh Valley Manassas i\mictam Fredericksburg

DECORATI ONS

M u rfreesborough Chanccllorsville Gcuysburg Chickamauga Chauanooga Wilderness Spotsylvania

*Cold llarbor *Petersburg Shenandoah Nashville Appomauox

*Virginia 18() I *Virginia 1862 *Virginia 1863 *Virginia 1864

Virginia 1865 Mississippi 1862

IV orfd I Vm· II *American Theater. Streamer withou1

inscription Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Rome-A raw

*l.eyiC *R)•ukyus

*Philip p in e Pres iden tia l Uni t C itatio n , Streame r e mb ro ide red 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4.JULV 1945 (866th An tia ircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


2d BATTALION, 4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA

LtNEAC£ (inactive)

Constituted 3 March l847 in the Regular Army as Company M, 4th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 28 july 1847 at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated l3 February 1901 as the 46th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 46th Company, Coast Artille ry Corps. Redesignated 12 J uly 191 6 as the 3d Company, Fort Strong [Massachusetts]. Redesignated 2 1 j uly I 917 as Battery C, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated5 February 19 18 as Battery C, 5 1st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery C, 43d Artillery (Coast Arti lle ry Corps). Inactivated 16 August 192 1 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 46th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; add itional designation abolished 1 july 1924.)

Redesignated I July 1924 as Battery B, 4th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 April 1932 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded 3 October 1944 in the Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 12 October 1944 in the Regular Army; concurrenlly consolidated with Battery B, 4th Coast Artillery Battalion (constituted 3 October 1944 in the Army of the United States), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 4th Coast Artillery Batta lion. Activated I November 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded I February 1946 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Reconstituted 28 June L 950 in the Regular Army; concurrenlly consolidated with Battery B, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 3 1 july 1950 as Battery B, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 16 June 1957 in England.

Redesignated 1 Dece mber 1957 as Headquarte rs and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery, assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado (organ ic e lements constituted 13 November 1957 and activated 1 December 1957). (Headquarters a n·d Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitze r Battalion, 4th Artillery, consolidated 26 j une 1958 with Battery B, 4th Field Artillery Battalion [organized in 190 I), and consolidated unit designated as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Batta lion, 4th Artillery.) Battalion inactivated 31 J an uary 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado. Redesignated 1 February 1966 as the 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 13 October 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Redesignated (less fo rmer Battery B, 4th Field Artillery Battalion) I Septem ber 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 4th Ai l- Defense Artillery, and

LINEAGES AND HERALD IC DATA 85

re lieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division (former Battery B, 4th Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 4th Field Artillery- hereafter separate lineage).

ANNJ.<:X

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery K, 95th Coast Artillery. Activated 17 April 1941 at Camp Davis, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as Battery B, 866th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 30 September 1946 in the Philippine Islands. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 4th Antiaircraft ArtilleryAutomatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.


Louisiana 1815

f111/ian Wars Creeks

*Seminoles *Modocs

Little Big Horn Nez Perces

*Bannocks

Mt>xican Wm· Palo Alto Resaa~ de Ia Palma Monterey Vera Cru;: Ceno Gordo Contrenas Chapultepec Tamaulipas 1816

Civil War Peninsula

*Shiloh Valley Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg

*Murfreesborough Chancellors ville Ceuysburg

*Chickamauga Chattanooga Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersbua·g

DECORATIONS

Shenandoah *Franklin *Nashville Appomattox Virginia 1861 Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864 Via·ginia 1865

*Mississippi 1862

World War I *Lorraine 191 8


inscription Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Rome-Arno

*Leyte *Ryukyus

Vietnam *Counteroffensive, Phase II *Counteroffensive, Phase Ill *Tet Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive, Phase V *Counteroffensive, l'hase VI *Tct 69/Countero(Tcnsive *Summer-fall 1969 *Winter-spring 1970 *Sanctuary Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase VII

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embr-oidered SA IGON (2d Battalion , 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 43, 1970)

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer e mbroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4.JULV 1945 (866th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic


Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950) *Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroi

dered V I ETNAM 1966-1968 (2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 31, 1969, as amended)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968 (2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 31, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered V I ETNAM 1969 (2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered V I ETNAM 1969-J 970 (2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 55, 1971)

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1969 (2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970 (2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 55, 197 1)

Battery D add itionally entitled to Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered PARROT's BEAK (Battery D, 2d Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 48, 1971)


3d BATTALION, 4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(82d Airborne Division)

LlN J.::/\GJ.::

Constituted 11 J amw•·y 18 I 2 in the Regular Army as a compa ny in the 2d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in May 18 12 as Capt. .James N. Barker's Compan y, 2d Regiment of Artille ry. Consolidated in late 18 13 with Capt. Spotswood He nry's Company, 2d Regimen t o r Artillery (organized in 18 12), and consolidated unit designated as Capt. .James N. Barker's Company, 2d Regime m of Artillery. Redesignated in December 18 13 as Capt. Samuel B. Arche r's Company, 2d Regiment or Anillery. Redesignated 12 May 1814 as Capt. Samuel B. Archer's Compan y, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 181 5 as Capt. Samuel B. Archer's Company, Corps of Artille ry, Southe rn Division. Redesignated 21 August 18 16 as Company D, 4th Batta lio n , Corps of Artille ry, Southern Division. Redesignated J June J 82 1 as Company C, 4th Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 38th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February I 907 as the 38th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 24 july 19 16 as the 4th Company, Fort Winfie ld Scott [California]. Red esignated 29 March 1917 as the 1st Compa ny , Fort MacArthur [California]. Redesig nated 31 August 19 J 7 as the l st Company, Coast De fenses or Los Angeles. Redesig nated in October 19 17 as the 3d Sepa rate Antiaircrart Battery. Dcmo9.ilized 22 Janua ry 191 9 at Fort Totte n, New York. Reconstituted l J une 1922 in the Regular Arm y and consolidated with the 2d Company, Coast De fenses or Los Angeles (active) (organ ized 1 February I 9 18 at Los Angeles; consolidated in 1922 with the I s l Compan y, Coast Del'enses or Los Angeles [organ ized in J anuary 192 1 at Los Angeles]; and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Los Angeles); consolidated unit concurrently redesignated as the 38th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, and inactivated at Los Angeles, California.

Redesignated l July 1924 as Batte ry C, 4th Coast Art.i llery. Activated I 8 August 1924 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Inactivated 3 1 July 1926 at For t Amador, Canal Zone. Activated J 5 April1932 at ForLArnador, Canal Zone.

Disbanded 1 November 1944 at Fort Kobbc, Canal Zone; concurrently reconstituted in the Regular Army, consolidated with Batte ry C, 4th Coast Artillery Battalion (constituted 3 Octo bet- 1944 in the Army o f the United States), consolidated un it designated as Battery C, 4th Coast Artillery Battalio n, and activated at the Air Base, Seymou r Island, Galapagos. Disbanded 1 February 1946 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Reconstituted 28 .June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurre ntly co11 solidated with Battery C, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Ballcry C, 4 th Anti-


aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 17 June 1957 in England.

Consolidated 25 J une 1958 with Battery C, 4th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (organized in 1901), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery (organic elements constituted 2 J une 1958 and activated 25 J une 1958). Battalion inactivated 25 September 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Assigned 15 March 1960 to the 2d Infantry Brigade. Activated 1 April 1960 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Inactivated 20 April 1962 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Brigade.

Redesignated (less former Battery C, 4th Field Artillery Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery (former Batte ry C, 4th Field Artille ry Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 4th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 3d Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery, assigned 13 September 1972 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

ANNEX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery L, 95th Coast Artillery. Activated 17 April 1941 at Camp Davis, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as Battery C, 866th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 30 September 1946 at San Narciso, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery C, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

LINEAGES AND H ERALDIC DATA

CAMPAIGN P ARTICIPATION CRt::DIT

War of 1812 *Canada

Louisiana 18 15

BarbW)' Wars *Streamer with bronze star (authorized

by the U.S. Navy for actions against Algiers in 18 15)

Indian Wars Creeks

*Sctninoles Modocs

*Liule Big Horn Nez l'e t·ces Bannocks

Mc.~iam War l'a lo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo

*Conu·cras *Chapuhepec Tamaulipas 1816

Civil War *Peninsula Shiloh Valley Manassas

*Antietam *Freclcricksbut·g M u rl'rccsborough

DECORATIONS

*Chancellors ville *Ceuysburg Chickamauga Chauanooga

*Wilde rness *Spotsylvania Cold l larbor

*Petersburg *Shenandoah

Nashville *Appomauox

Vi rginia 186 1 *Virginia 1862 *Virginia 1863

Virginia 1864 *Virginia 1865

Mississippi 1862

War With SfJain *Pueno Rico

World War I *Streamer without inscription

World War II *American Theater , Streamer widlOut

inscription Tunisia Sicily Naplcs-Foggia Romc-Arno

*Lcytc *Ryukyus

89

*Philippine P res identia l U nit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 O CTOB ER 1944 TO 4 JULY f 945 (866th Antiaircraft Artillery Au tomatic Weapons Baualion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


4th BATTALION, 4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive)

LI NEAGE

Organized in the spring of 1821 in the Regular Army as Capt. J ohn Erving's Company of Artillery. Redesignated I J une 182 1 as Company H, 4th Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 1 as the 42d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 42d Company, Coast Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 5 August 1916 as the 11th Company, Fort Mills [Ph ili ppine Islands]. Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 11th Compan y, Coast Defenses of Man ila a nd Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 .June 1922 as the 42d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated I July 1924 as Battery H , 4th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Philippine Islands. Activated 18 August 1924 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded 3 October 1944 at Fort Clayton, Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 28 J une I 950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery D, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery D, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 May 1952 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 1 May 1953 as Battery D, 20th Antiaircr<\l't Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Seattle, Washington.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 4th Missil e Battalion, 4th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Poulsbo, Washington. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 4th Battalion, 4th Artillery. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery.' Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Lawton, Washington.


CAMPAIGN PART"I C IPAT ION CREDIT

War of 18/2 *Chickmauga Chattanooga Wildcmcss Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenandoah Nashville Appomattox Virginia 1861 Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1861 Virginia 1865

Louisiana 1815

Indian Wars *Creeks *Seminoles

Modocs *Little Big Hom

Nez Perces Bannocks

Mexican War Palo Alto Resaca d e Ia Palma

*Monterey *Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Contreras *Chapultepcc Tam;tUlipas 1846

Civil War Peninsula

*Shiloh Valley l'vlanassas AnLictam Frcdericksbu rg

*M urfrccsborough Chanccllo rsvi llc Gcuysburg

D ECORATIONS

None.

*Mississippi 1862 *Geo•·gia 1864

War With Spain *Santiago

World WM II *American Theater , Streamer without

inscription Tunisia Sicily Naplcs-Foggia Rome-Arno Leytc Ryukyus

91


5th BATT ALI ON, 4th AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY RA

(inactive)

L I NEAGE

Organized in May 1815 in the Regular Army at Fort Independence, Massachusetts, as Bvt. Lt. Col. Samuel D. Harris' Company, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 18 16 as Company E, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 1 j une 1821 as Company G, 4th Regiment of Artillery. .

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 41st Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 41st Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 july 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Monroe [Virginia]. Redesignated 31 August 19 17 as the 2d Company, Coast Defe nses of Chesapeake Bay. Redesignated I june 1922 as the 41st Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery G, 4th Coast Artillery. Disbanded I November 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 28 June J 950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery C, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery C, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 May 1952 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 1 May 1953 as Battery C, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Seattle, Washington.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as H eadquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 4th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 in Germany. Inactivated 10 August 1960 in Germany. Redesignated 19 February 1962 as the 5th Battalion, 4th Artillery, assigned to the 5th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 17 August 197 1 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery.


CAMPAIGN PARTlCIPATION CREDIT Warof/812

Louisiana 1815

Indian Wars *Creeks *Seminoles

Modocs Liule Big Horn

*Nez Perces *Bannocks *Nebraska 1855

Mtxican War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma

*Momerey *Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Contreras *Molino del Rcy *Chapulte pec Tarnaulipas 1846

Civil War *Peninsula Shiloh Valley Manassas

*Antietam • Fredericksbmg

M u rfrcesborough *Chancellorsville *Cen ysburg Chi<:kam:•uga

*Chauanooga Wilderness

DECORAT IONS

Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenandoah Nashville Appomattox

*Virginia 1861 Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864 Virginia 1865 Mississippi 1862

War With Spain *Santiago

World WaT II *American Theater, Streamer without

inscription Tunisia Sicily Naplcs-f oggia Rome-Arno Leyte Ryukyus

Viet11am *Counteroffensive, Phase V *CoumeroiTensive, Phase VI *Tct 69/Countcroffcnsive *Summer-fall 1969 *Winte r-spring 1970 *Sanctuary Cou meroffcnsive *Counteroffensive, Phase VI! *Consolidation I

93

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM I 968 (5th Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 43, I 970)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971 (5th Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 42, 1972)


6th BAT T ALION, 4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY AR

(inactive)

LI.NEAGE

Organized in 18 16 in the Regular Army as Company M, 4th Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division. Redesignated 1 J une 1821 as Company I , 4th Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 43d Company, Coast Artillery, Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 43d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 3 july 19 16 as the lst Com pany, For t Terry [New York]. Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 12th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Redesignated 2 December 19 18 as the 8th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound . Redesignated 4 March 192 1 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Long Isla nd Sound. Redesignated 17 December 192 L as the 5th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sou nd. Redesignated J j une 1922 as the 43d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 j uly 1924 as Battery I , 4th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Activated 18 August 1924 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded I November 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 28 j une 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery A, 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Batta lion. Redesignated 1 April 195 I as Battery A, 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, a nd activated at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 22 March 1955 as Battery A, 44th An.tiaircraft Artillery Missile Batta lion. Inactivated I Se ptember 1958 at Model City, New Yo1·k.

Redesignated 3 I March 1959 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 63d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l May 1959 at Santa Monica, Californ ia. Redesign ated 1 April 1963 as the 6th Battalion, 4th Artillery. Location of H eadqua rte rs changed 16 March 1964 to Playa del Rey, Califor nia. Inactivated 3 1 December 1965 at Playa del Rey, Califo rnia, and relieved from assignment to the 63d Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery.


CAMPA IGN PAR'J"IC II'ATION C REDIT

IVt1r of 1812 Louisiana 1815

huliau Wm:r *Creeks *Seminoles ~lodocs Little Big I lorn Nez l'erces Bannocks

tvlexica11 War *Palo AltO *Resaca de Ia Palma *Monterey

Vera Crul. Cerro Gordo Comreras Chapultepc<.:

*Tamaulipas 18116

*Chauanooga Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenandoah

*Nashville Appomauox

*Vit·ginia 1861 Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864 Virginia 1865

*Mississippi 1862 *Kentucky 1862 *Tennessee 1863 *Tennessee 18()4 *Alabama 1865 *Georgia I 865

Civil War Peninsula Shiloh

World War//

Valley Manassas Antiellllll Fredericksburg ~lurfreesborough Chancellorsvi lle Geuysbut'g

*Chickamauga

D ECORATI ONS

None.

"'Amerio u1 T heater, Streamer wi! houL inscription

Tunisia Sicily Naples-l·'oggia Rome-Arno Leyte Ryukyus

95


7th BATTALION, 4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY AR

(inactive)

LI NEAGE

Constituted 5 J uly 1838 in the Regular Army as Company K, 4th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 24 J uly 1838 at Fort Columbus, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 44th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 44th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Sherman [Canal Zone). Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the l st Company, Coast Defenses of Cristobal. Redesignated 30 j une 1922 as the 44th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery K, 4th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Canal Zone. Activated 18 August 1924 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded I November 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery B, 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 1 April 1951 as Battery B, 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, and activated at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 22 March 1955 as Battery B, 44th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Cambria, New York.

Redesignated 7 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 77th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 May 1959 at Fort Totten, New York. Redesignated 26 March 1963 as the 7th Battalion, 4th Artillery. Inactivated 30 December 1965 at Fort Totten, New York, and relieved from assignment to the 77th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 7th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery.


CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATI ON CREDIT

War of 1812 Louisiana 18 15

Indian Wars Creeks Seminoles

*Modocs *Little Big Horn

Nez Perces Bannocks

Me.~ican War Palo Allo Resaca de Ia Palma Momerey Vera Cruz Cen·o Gordo Contreras Chapultcpcc

M u rf•·eesborough *Chancellorsville *Gettysburg Chickamauga Chattanooga

*Wilderness *Spotsylvania *Cold Harbor *Petersburg Shenandoah Nashvi lle

* Appomauox Virginia 1861

*Virginia 1862 *Virginia 1863

Virginia 1864 Virginia 1865 Mississippi 1862

Tamaulip<IS 1846 World War II

Civil WM *Peninsula Shiloh Valley Manassas Amietam

*Fredericksbll!·g

DECORATIONS

None.

*American T heater, Streamer without inscription

Tunisia Sicily N a pies· F oggia Rome-Arno Leyte Ryukyus

97



(inactive)

LI NEAGE

Constituted 3 March 1847 in the Regular Army as Company L, 4th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 12 November 1847 at Fo•-L Columbus, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 45th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 45th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 J uly 1916 as the 3d Company, Fort Gran t (Canal Zone]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of Balboa. Redesignated 30 j une 1922 as the 45th Company, Coast Artille ry Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery A, 4th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Canal Zone. Activated 18 August I 924 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded 3 October 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 12 October 1944 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 4th Coast Artillery Battalion (constituted 3 October 1944 in the Army of the United States), and consolidated unit des.ignated as Battery A, 4th Coast Artill e ry Battalion. Activated l November 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Redesignated 1 February 1946 as Baucry A, Harbor Defenses of Balboa. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1947 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery A, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapbns Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapo ns Battalion. Redesignated 31 July 1950 as Batte ry A, 4th Antiaircraft Art ille ry Battalion. Inactivated 17 J une 1957 in England.

Consolidated 4 April 1960 with Battery A, 4th Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1901 ); consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Howitzer Battal ion, 4th Artillery, and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 20 Apr il 1960 at Fort Riley, Kansas . Re lieved 23 October 1963 from assignment to the lst Infantry Division. Inactivated 2 J anuary 1964 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Redesignated 20 December 1966 as the 8th Battalio n, 4th Artillery. Activated I March 1967 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Redesignated (less former Battery A, 4th Field Artillery Battalion) 1 September 197 1 as the 8th Battalion , 4th Air Defense Artillery, and inactivated in Vietnam (former Battery A, 4th Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently reorgan ized and redesignated as the 8th Battalion, 4th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage) .

LINEAGES AND H ERALDIC DATA 99

ANNEX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery I ; 95th Coast Artillery. Activated 17 April 194 1 at Camp Davis, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as Battery A, 866th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. 1nactivated 30 Sepember 1946 on Luzon, Phi lippine Islands. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDI'I~

War of 1812 Louisiana l !ll5

l11dia11 Wars Creeks

*Seminoles Modocs Liulc Big I lorn Nez Perccs Bannocks

Nlexium War Palo Alto Resaca de Ia Palma Monterey Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Conu·eras Chapultepec Tamaulipas 184()

Civil War Peninsula Shiloh Vt•lley Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg M urfreesborough Ch<lncellorsville Gettysburg Chickamauga Chattanooga Wilderness Spotsylvania

*Cold Habor

D ECORATIONS

*Petersburg Shenandoah Nashville Appomauox

*Virginia 1861 *Virginia 1862 *Virginia 1863 *Virginia 1864

Virginia 1865 .Mississippi 1862

*Nonh Carolina 1863

Wodd War// *American Theater, Streamer withom

inscription Tunisia Sicily Naples· Foggia Romc-Arno

*Leyte *Ryukyus

Viflnam *Counteroffensive, l'h<ISC I ll *·ret Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive, Phase V *Counteroffensive, Phase VI *Tet 59/Counteroffensive *Summer- fall 1969 *Winter-spring 1970 *Sanctuary Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase VII *Consolidation I

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967 (8th Battalion [less Battery B], 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 32, 1973)

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968- 1969 (8th Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

*Philippine Pres idential Un it Citation, Streame1· embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4j ULY 1945 (866th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971 (8th Battalion, 4th Artillery, cited; DA GO 6 , 1974)


16th DETACHMENT, 4th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

L I NEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 1 J uly 1924 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d Battalion, 4th Coast Artillery. Activated 18 August 1924 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Disbanded 1 November 1944 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone.

Reconstituted 28June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 May 1952 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 1 May 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 20th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Phantom Lake, Washington.

Redesignated 5 August 1958 as the 16th Detachment, 4th Artillery. Activated l September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 17 September 1962 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 4th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN P ARTI C IPATI ON C REDIT

None.

DECORATION$

None.

4 TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Activities of the 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade." Antiaircraft Artille1y jou.rnal93 Uuly 1950):3 1-32.

Buell, Augustus C. The Cannoneer. Washington: National Tribune, 1890. Dyer, Alexandet· Brydie. Historical Sketch of the Fourth U.S. A·rtillery. Gover

nor's Island, N.Y., 1890. ---·"The Fourth Regiment of Artillery." The Army of the United States.

Edited by Theophilus F. Rodenbaugh and William L. Haskin, 351-75. New York: Maynard, Merrill and Company, 1896. O riginally published in j oumal of the Militmy Se1-vice Institution of the United States 11 (1890):843-67.

Dyer, Frederick. "4th Regiment of Artillery." A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. New York: Thomas Yoscloff, 1959.

4th AAA, A W Battalion (M), Fm·t Bliss, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.

Fuger, Frederick. "Cushing's Battery at Gettysburg."jou.mal of the Military Se·rvice Institution of the United Stcttes 41 (1907):405-10.


Gardner, Asa Bird. "Henry Burbeck: Brevet Brigadier-General United States Army- Founder of the United States Military Academy." Magazine of American History 9 (April 1883):251-66. Contains information about the current lst Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery.

Ginsburg, A.R. "O'Brien's Bulldogs." Field A1·tillery j oum,al27 (May-June 1937): 182-87. Contains information about the current 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery, and the former Battery B, 4th Regiment of Artillery.

McClellan, Edwin North. History of the United States Marine Corps. Washington: Historica l Section, U.S. Marine Corps, 1931. Volume 2, pages 2-3, 8-9, contains information about the current 3d Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery.

Mahon,J ohn K. HistoryoftheSecondSeminole War, 1835-1842. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1967.

Michie, Peter Smith. The Life and Letters ofEmo?y Upton, Colonel of the Fourth Regiment of Ar·tillery. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885.

Official Register of the Fourth United States Artillery to April I, 1866. Baltimore: J.B. Rose and Company, 1866.

Ott, David Ewing. Field Artillery, 1954-1973. Vietnam Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. Contains information about the 2d and 8th Battalions, 4th Air Defense Artillery.

Reysen, Frank, ed. 9thlnfantryDivision,l918-1968. Vietnam: 9th Infantry Division , 1968. Contains information about the 2d Battalio n, 4th Air Defense Artillery. .

Roster of Commissioned Officers of the Fourth U.S. Artillery, From its Organization, j une 1st, 1821, until the Regimental 01-ganization was Discontinued February 2nd, 1901. Fort Monroe: Artillery School. Press, 1901.

Sprague, j ohn T. The Origin, P'rogt·ess, and Conclusion of the Florida War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848. Reprint. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1964.

"The US Army in the Barbary Wars." Air Defense Ouly-September l 977): 36-37. Pertains to the current 3d Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery.

Weise, Carl, ed. 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 4th Artillery, 9th Infantry Division. 2 vols. Dallas: Miller Publishing Company, 1958.


COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Crest:

Motto: Symbolism:

Gules, a bend or charged with six cannon paleways in pairs sable, between in sinister chief a ftshhook fessways, ring to dexter, barb to base, and in dexter base a Lorraine Cross, both of the second (or). On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, upon a cannon wheel or partly surrounded by two palm branches vert the wheel grasped by two hands proper issuant chevronways from base, a bronze cannon paleways smoking of the last (proper). Volens et Pote·ns (Willing and Able). The shield is scarlet for artillery. The fishhook, representative of the shape of the federal baule lines, alludes to the battle of Gettysburg. The cannon in pairs refer to the battle of New Market, 1864. The Lorraine Cross denotes service in Lorraine by an element of the regiment during World War I.

The crest represents the gallant service of Lt. Richard Metcalfs battery at Spotsylvania, 4- 24 May 1864, when it charged earthworks firing its guns and then ran them up by hand to a new position, to the Bloody Angle, and fired repeatedly. This is purported to be the only recorded instance in the Civil War of a battery charging on breastworks.

OtSTlNCTI VE I NS IGNIA

The distinctive insignia is the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HoNORS

LINEAGE

Constituted 18 June 186 1 in the Regular Army as the 5th Regiment of Artillery. O rganized 4 July 1861 at Fort Greble, Pennsylvania. Regiment broken up 13 February 190 I and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of Artillery Corps. Reconstituted 1 .July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 5th Coast Artillery and partially o rgan ized with Headquarters at Fort Hamilton, New York. (Batteries A and B activated I August 1940 and 15 J anuary 1941, respectively, at Fort Wadsworth, New York; Battery D activated 15 January

103


1941 at Fort Hamilton, New York.) Active elements of regiment inactivated 19 April1944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Disbanded 26 June 1944.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consol idated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (active) (see ANN£X 1), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Artillery Group. I nactivated 26 A ugust 1960 at Camp Hanford, Washington.

1st Battalion, 5th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army.

2d Battalion, 5th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 2 14th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as the 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 16 April 1952 in Korea. Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea. Redesignated 23 May 1955 as the 24th Antiai rcraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated 1 June 1955 at Fort Banks, Massachusetts. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Bedford, Massachusetts.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Artillery Group; 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battal ion; 1st Battalion, 5th Coast Arti llery; and 5th Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1907) consol idated, reorgan ized, and redesignated 26 August 1960 as the 5th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.

5th Artillery (less former 5th Field Artillery Battalion) reorganized and redesignated I September 1971 as the 5th Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 5th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 5th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX 1

Constituted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Gr9u p. Activated 17 August 1942 at Camp H ulen, Texas. Redesignated 18 February 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Inactivated 15 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Battalion, 504th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 J uly 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 20 J anuary 1943 as the 214th Coast

LINEAGES AND H ERALD IC DATA 105

Artillery Banalion. Red esig nated 13 Novem ber 1943 as the 2 J 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Gu n Batta lion. I nactivated 12 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPAT ION CREDIT Civil War

Peninsula Manassas Amietam fredericksburg Chancellors ville Gettysburg Wildcrness SpOlsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg Shenandonh Appomattox Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864

World War II Tunisia Sicily Naplcs-Foggia Anzio Rome-A rm>

DECORATIONS

Southern France (with arrowhead) Rhineland Ardenncs-Aisace Central Europe

Korean War Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Viet1wm Defense Counteroff"c••sivc Counteroffensive, Ph;~se I I Counteroffensive, Phase 11 I Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 69/Countcroflensive Summer- fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967 (Jst Battalion, 5th Artillery, cited; OA GO 48, 1968).

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (lsl Battalion, 5th Arti llery, cited; DA GO 39, 1970)


l st BATTALION, 5th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 18 J une 1861 in the Regular Army as BatLery L, 5th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 4 July 1861 at Fort Greble, Pennsylvania.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 56th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 56th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 July 1916 as the 6th Company, Fort Hancock [New J ersey]. Redesignated 31 August 19 J 7 as the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of Sanely Hook. Redesignated J June 1922 as the 56th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Batte ry D, 5th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in New J ersey. Activated 15 J anuary 194 1 at Fort Hamilton, New York. Inactivated 19 April 1944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Disbanded 26 June 1944. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army.

Consolidated 26 August 1960 with Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 1st Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 5th Arti llery (active) (organized in 1776), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery, an element of the l st Infantry Division (organ ic elements constill.Ited 8 February 1957 and activatedl5 February 1957). Redesignatecl21 .January 1964 as the l st Battalion, 5th Artillery.

Redesignated (less fo rmer Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery; concurrently inactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Rocket Howitze1· Battalion, 5th Arti llery, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). lst Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artille ry, activated 13 September 1972 at Coventry, Rhode Isla nd. Inactivated 30 October 1974 at Coventry, Rhode Island.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Civil War Southern France (with arrowhead)

Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Cemral Europe

Peninsula Manassas Amietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg

Korean Wcw

*Shenandoah Appomauox Virginia 1862

*Virginia 1.863 *Virginia 1864 *Maryland 1864

World War II T unisia Sicily Naples-Foggia Anzio Rome-Arno

DECORATIONS

Second Korean winter Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third Korean winte•· Korea, summe•· 1953

\fielnam *Defense *Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase II *Counteroffensive, Phase Ill *Tet Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive, ·rhase V *Coume•·offensivc, Phase VI *Tet 69/Countcroffcnsive *Summer-fall 1969 *Winter- spring 1970

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*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VI ETNAM 1966-1967 (1st Battalion, 5th Artillery, cited; DA GO 48, 1968)

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (1st Battalion, 5th Artillery, cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968 (1st Batta lion, 5th Artillery, cited; DA GO 21, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970 (1st Battalio n, 5th Artillery, cited; DA GO 2, 1971)

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970 (1st Battalion, 5th Artillery, cited ; DA GO 53, 1970)



(2d Armored Division) LI NEAGE

Constituted 18 J une 1861 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 5th R.egiment of Artillery. Organized 4 .J uly 1861 at Fort Greble, Pennsylvama.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 49th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 49th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 3d Company, Fort Williams [Maine]. Redesignated 21 July 1917 as Battery G, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery G, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Redesignated 15 July 1918 as Battery D, 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Disbanded 30 June 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstituted 1 J une 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters Company, Coast Defenses of Puget Sound (active) (organized in J une 1921), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 49th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery A, 5th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of Puget Sound. Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Inactivated 19 April 1944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Disbanded 26 June 1944. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army.

Consolidated 26 August 1960 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery (active) (organized in 1898), and consolidated unit designated as Headquart.ers and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitze r Battalion, 5th Artillery (organic ele ments constituted I June 1958 and activated 25 J une 1958). Redesignated 25 J une 1964 as the 2d Battalion, 5th Arti llery.

Redesignated (less fo rmer Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery) I September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, and inactivated in Germany (former Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artiller y, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 5th Field Artillery- hereafter separate lineage). 2d Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, assigned 13 September 1972 to the 2d Armored Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas.



Civil War *Peninsula

Manassas *Antietam *Fredericksburg Chancellorsvi lle Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania

*Cold Harbor *Petersburg Shenandoah

*Meuse-Argonne *Lorraine 1918

World Wa1· II Tunisia Sici ly Naples-Foggia Anzio Rome-Arno SoUlhern France (with arrowhead) Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe Appomauox

Virginia 1862 Korean Wm· *Virginia 1863 *Virginia 1864

World Wm· I *St. Mihiel

D ECORAT IONS

None.

Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean wime•· Korea, summer 1953

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(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 18 june 186 1 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 5th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 4 july 186 1 at Fort Greble, Pennsylvania.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 50th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 50th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in july 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Levett [Maine]. Redesignated 31 August 19 17 as the 9th Company, Coast De fenses of Portland. Redesignated 9 F<:bruary 192 1 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Portland. Redesignated I June 1922 as the 50th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery B, 5th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of Portland. Activated 15 J anuary 194 1 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Inactivated 19 April 1944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Disbanded 26 june 1944. Reconstituted 28 j ut1e 1950 in the Regular Army.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as H eadquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 5th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Batta lio n activated 1 September 1958 at Bedford, Massachusetts. (Headquar te rs a nd H eadquarters Batte ry , 3d Missile Battalion, 5th Artillery, consolidated 26 August 1960 with Ba ttery A, 5th Field Artillery Battalion [organized in 1861], and consolidated unit designated as H eadquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 3d Missile Batta lion, 5th Artillery.) Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 5th Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery A, 5th Field Artillery Battalion) 1 September 197 1 as the 3d Battalion , 5th Air Defense Arti llery (former Battery A, 5th Field Artillery Batta lion, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Battal ion, 5th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 3d Battalion, 5th Air Defe nse Artillery , inactivated 13 September 1972 at Coventry, Rhode Island.


CAMPAIGN PART I CIPATION CREDI T

Civil War Peninsula Manassas Antietam fredericksburg Chancellors vi lle Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petersburg

*Shenandoah Appomauox Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863

*Virginia 1864

War With Spaill *Pueno Rico

DECORAT IONS

None.

World War II Tunisia Sicily Naplcs-foggia Anzio Rome-A•-no Southern france (with arrowhead) Rhineland A rdennes-Aisace Central Europe

Korean Wtn Second Korean winter Korea. summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Kor·ea, summer 1953

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4th MISSILE BATT ALI ON, 5th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 18 j une 1861 in the Regular Army as Battery G, 5th Regiment of Artillery. Organ ized 4 j u ly 186 1 at Fort Greble, Pennsylvania.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 53d Company, Coast A r tillery, Ar tille ry Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 53d Company, Coast Artille ry Corps. Red esignated 30 j u ne 1916 as the 1st Company, For t Wad sworth [New York]. Redesignated 3 1 Aug ust 19 17 as the 5th Co mpany, Coast Defenses of Southern New Yo rk . Red esignated l j une 1922 as the 53d Company, Coast A rtille ry Corps.

Red esignated I J u ly 1924 as Battery G, 5th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of Sou thern New York. Disbanded 26 J une 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regu lar Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery C, 2 1 4th A n tia ircraft Ar tillery Gu n Battalio n (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery C, 24th Antiaircraft Artille ry Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery C, 24th Antiaircraft Ar tillery Gun Battalio n. Activated 16 A pr il 1952 in Korea. I nactivated 20 Decem ber 1954 in Korea. Redesig nated 23 May 1955 as Battery C, 24th An tia ircraft Artillery Missile Battalio n. Activated 1 June 1955 a t For t Banks, Massachusetts. Redesignated 1 J an uary 1956 as Battery B, 514th An tiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalio n .

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September I 958 as H ead quarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 5th Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September l 958). Battalion inactivated 10 August 1960 at Laytonsville, Maryland. (Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 5th Artillery, consolidated 26 August I 960 with Battery C, 5th Field Artille ry Battalion [organized in 190 1], and consolidated unit designated as H eadquar ters and H eadquar ters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion , 5th Artillery.)

Redesignated (less fo rmer Battery C, 5th Field Artille ry Battal ion) 1 September 1971 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery C, 5th Field Artille ry Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 4th Missile Battalion , 5th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the Un ited States as Battery C, 504th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 j uly 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 20 J an uary 1943 as Battery C, 214th Coast Ar tille ry Battalio n . Redesig nated 13 November 1943 as Battery C,


2 14th Antiaircraft Arlillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 12 Februar y 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT Civil War

Peninsula Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville

*Mississippi River Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold llarbor

*Petersburg Shenandoah

*Appomauox Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864

*Alabama 1864 *Louisiana 1864

DECORATIONS

World War II Tunisia

*Sicily *Naples-Foggia Anzio

*Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *A rdcnncs·A Is ace *CenLral Europe

Kortall War *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Ko1·ca, Slllllll1Cr 1953

*Republic of Korea Presid en lia l U nit Citation, Streamer embroide red KOREA (24th Antiaircra ft Artillery Gu n Battalion cited; DA GO 24, 1954)

*Republic of Ko rea Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroid ered DEFENSE or KOREA (24th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalio n c ited ; DA G051 , 1957)



(i nactive) LtNEAGE

Constituted 18 J une 1861 in the Regular Army as Battery H, 5th R~giment of Artillery. Organized 4 Ju ly 1861 at Fort Greble , Pennsylvama.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 54th Company, Coast Artillery, Ar'tillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 54th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 3 July 19 16 as the 2d Company, Fort Wadsworth (New York]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of Southern New York. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 54th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery E, 5th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of Southern New York. Disbanded 26 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28June J 950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 2 14th Antiaircraft Artillery .Gun Battal ion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery A, 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery A, 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 16 April 1952 in Korea. Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea. Redesignated 23 May 1955 as Battery A, 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated J june 1955 at Fort Banks, Massachuseus. Redesignated 1 November 1956 as Battery C, 605th Antia ircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated I September 1958 at Nahant, Massachusetts.

Redesignated 6 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Arm y, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 94th Infantry Division (organ ic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 May 1959 with Headquarte rs a t Boston, Massach usetts . (Headquarters and H eadqu arters Battery, 5th Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery, consolidated 26 August 1960 with Battery £, 5th Field Artillery [organized in 1898], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 5th Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery.) Reorganized and redesignated 7 J anuary 1963 as the 5th Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery, relieved from assignment to the 94th Infantry Divisio n, and assigned to the 187th Infantry Brigade; location of Headquarters concurrently changed to Roslindale, Massachusetts. Redesignated 31 J anuary 1968 as the 5th Battalion, 5th Artillery.

Redesignated (less former Battery E, 5th Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery; concurrently inactivated at Roslindale, Massachusetts, and relieved from assignment to the 187th Infan try Brigade (former Battery E, 5th Field Artillery, concu r-


rently reorganized and redesignated as the 5th Battalion, 5th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 504th Coast Artillery. Activated I J u ly 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 20 J anuary 1943 as Battery A, 214th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 November 1943 as Battery A, 214th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion . Inactivated 12 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

CAMPAIGN PARTJ(; I PATION CREDIT Civil War

Peninsula *Shiloh

Manassas Antietam Fredericksburg

*M urfrcesborough Chanccllorsville Gettysburg

•Chickamauga *Chattanooga

Wilderness

*Tennessee 1864 Virginia 1862 Virgini~t 1863 Virginia 1864

World War II Tunisia

*Sicily * Na pies· f' oggia Anzio

*Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *Ardenncs-Aisace *Central Europe

Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Petet·sburg Shenandoah Appomauox

Korean War

*Kentucky 1862 *Mississippi 1862 *Tennessee 1862 *Tennessee 1863

DECO RATIONS

*Second Kot·ean winter *Korea, summer-fa ll 1952 *Third Korean wintct· *Korea, summer 1953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA (24th Antiaircraft Artillery Gu n Battal ion cited; DA GO 24, 1954)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Un it Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE oF KOREA (24th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 51, 1957)



LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 18 June 1861 in the Regular Army as Battery I , 5th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 4 July 1861 at Fort Greble, Pennsylvania.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 55th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 55th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 18 July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort DeRussey [Hawaii]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the lOth Company, Coast Defenses of Oahu. Redesignated 21 February 192 1 as the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of Honolulu. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 55th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery F, 5th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in Hawaii. Disbanded 26 June 1944.

Reconstitu ted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 214th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery B, 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 March 1952 as Battery B, 24th Antiaircra ft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 16 April 1952 in Korea. Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea. Redesignated 23 May 1955 as Battery B, 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated I June 1955 at Fort Ban ks, Massachusetts. Redesignated 1 November 1956 as Battery D, 605th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. I nactivated 1 September 1958 at Reading, Pennsylvania.

Redesignated 7 April 1959 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery; concurremly withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 77th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 May 1959 with Headquarters at Bronx, New York. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th H owitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery, consolidated 26 August 1960 with Battery F, 5th Field Artillery [organized in 1901 ], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Howitzer Battalion, 5th Artillery.) Redesignated 26 March 1963 as the 6th Battalion, 5th Artillery. I nactivated 30 December 1965 at Bronx, New York, and relieved from assignment to the 77th Infantry Division.

Redesignated (less fo rmer Battery F, 5th Field Artillery) I September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery F, 5th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 6th Batta lion, 5th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). ANNEX

Constituted 5 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as Battery B, 504th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 July 1942 at Camp Hulen, Texas.


Reorganized and redesignated 20 January 1943 as Battery B, 214th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 November 1943 as Battery B, 214th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battal ion. Inactivated 12 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War /1

Tunisia *Sicily *Naples-Foggia

AtlZiO *Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *Ard ennes-Aisace *Central Europe

Civil w a,· *Peninsula *Manassas *Amietam *Fredericksburg *Chancellorsville *Gettysburg *Wilderness *Spotsylvania *Cold Harbor *Petersburg Shenandoah Appomattox

*Virginia 1862 Virginia 1863 Virginia 1864

Korean War

DECORATIONS

*Second Korean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer I 953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA (24th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 24, 1954)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered, DEFENSE OF KOREA (24th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 51, 1957)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 18 june 1861 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 5th R.egiment of Artillery. Organized 4 July 1861 at Fort Greble, Pennsylvama.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 51st Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1901 as the 51st Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort McKinley [Maine). Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 12th Company, Coast Defenses of Portland. Redesignated 1 December 1917 as Battery C, 54th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Disbanded 1 March 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstituted 1 june 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Portland (organized in April 1918 and inactivated 1 November 1921), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 51st Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery C, 5th Coast ArtiiJery. Disbanded 26 June 1944. Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army.

Redesignated 26 August 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Missile Battalion, 5th ArtiiJery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 11 January 1962 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 10 January 1966 as the 7th Battalion, 5th Artillery. Inactivated 21 June 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 7th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PART IC IPAT ION CREDIT

World War II Tunisia Sicily Naples-Foggia ArJZiO Rome-Arno Somhern France (with arrowhead) Rhineland ArdcnrJes-Aisace Central Europe

Civil War *Peninsula *Manassas *Antietam *Fredericksburg *Chancellorsville *Gettysburg *Wilderness *Spotsylvania *Cold H<trbor *PeLCrsburg Shenandoah Appomattox Virginia 1862

Korea11 War

*Virginia 1863 Virginia 186<1

World WM I *Streamer without inscription

D ECORATIONS

None.

Second Korean winter Korea, summer-Call 1952 T hird Korean winter Kor·ea. summer 1953

LI NEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 11 9

16th DET ACHMENT, 5th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) L I NEAGE

Constituted I September J 935 in the Regular Army as Battery I, 5th Coast Artille ry. Disbanded 26 J une 1944.

Reconstitu ted 5 Aug usl 1958 in the Regular Arm y and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 5th Artillery. Activated I September 1958 at Fort Miles, Delaware. Inactivated 24 December 1965 at Fort George C. Meade, Maryland. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Detach mem, 5th Air Defense Artillery.

CAM PA I GN P A RT IC I PATI ON CRE D IT

None.

DEC O R ATIONS

None.

5TII A IR D En: s~-: ART! L LERY B 1 B I.I O <; RAPII Y

"Big Red Onf, " 1st !t~{antry Division, Fort Riley, Krwsas, 1963 . BalO n Rouge: Army and Navy Pu blishi11g Com pany, 1963. Con tains in fo rn1 atio n about the I st Baual ion, 5th Air Defense Ani llery.

Bush, j ames C. A Short History oJIIU' Fifth Regiment, U.S. Arlille')l. Governor's Island, N.Y., 1895.

---· "The Fifth Regime nt of Artillery." The Army of the United Slates. Edited by Theoph ilus F. Roden bough and Willia nt L. H aski n , 376-98. New Yo rk: Maynard, Merril l a nd Co1T1pany, 1896. Origina ll y pu blished in j ounwl of lhe Mi/ila1y Se·rvice l nstilulion of the United States 17 ( 1895):2 J 3-34.

Dupuy, Richard Ernest. With the 57th in France. Brooklyn: Our Army, 1930. Contains information about the current 2d Battalion, 5t h Air Defense Ar tille ry.

Dye r, Frederick. "5th Regime nt of Artillery." A ComfJendium of the Wm· of the Rebellion. New Yo rk: T homas Yosclo fT, 1959.

Ginsburg h, /\. R. "Ro lling Along with Reill y." Field A1·tille·'y .founwl 23 ( 1933): 2 J . Pertains to t he fo n ner Battery F, 5th Regiment of Artillery.

Grace, J ames L. A Brief Hislo')l oflhf 2nd Battalion, 57th J\rtille?)', C.A.C., 31 sl Brigade, Army Arlille?)', Firs/ Army, From july 20th, 1917, to jan-um)' 15th, 1919. N. p., I 9 19. Con w ins in formation about the current2d Baualion, 5th A ir Defen se Artillery.

Iloadley, J o hn Chipman. Memorial l~{ Hem y San/(ml Gansevoo·rt, Captain, Fifth !l.rtille·')'· Boston: Ra nd /\very and Com pany, 1875.

MacCloskey, Monro. Reilly's Battny. New York: Richards RoseL, 1969. Pertains to the former Battery F, 5th Regimem of Artillery.

McLaughlin , .Joseph M. Behind the Lines in Fmncr: Reminiscences of Wm-Ld


War I. St. Cloud, Fla.: Double-D Publishing Company, 1970. Contains information about the current 7th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery.

Ott, David Ewing. Field ATtillery, 1954-1973. Vietnam Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. Contains information about the 1st Battal ion, 5th Air Defense Artille ry.

Ott, Edward S. "Employment of Radar by XV Corps Artillery." Field ATtillery j ournal 36 (1 946):462- 67.

Stemaie1~ Robert M. "Captain Reilly-Inspirational Battery Commandet~"

F'Aj. 53 (Nov-Dec 85): 37-39

6th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H E RALOJC I TEMS

C O AT O F ARMS

Shield:

Crest:

Motto: Syrnbolisrn:

Parti per pairle a rgent, gules and azure, in chief a mullet of five points of the second and in fess debased two Oeurs-delis or. On a wreath of the colors, argent and gules, a grizzly bear passant sable la ngued gules. Certo Dirigo Ictu (I Aim With a Sure Blow). T he field of the shield, an ada ptation of the flag of the Philippine insurgents, alludes to the regiment's service in the Phili ppine Insurrection . T he scarlet star refers to artillery. The two fieurs-de-lis denote service in France during World War 1 by an eleme nt of the regime nt.

The crest is ta ken from that of the Coast Defe nses of San Francisco where the old regiment and the majority of its companies were stationed.

The motto is indicative of the character of the bear and is applicable to the personnel of the regiment in the performance of duty.

0tSTI NCT IVE I NSIGN I A

The d istinctive insignia is the crest and motto of the coat of arms.

L I NEAGE AN D H O NO RS

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as the 6th Regiment of Artille ry. O rganized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryla nd. Regiment broken up 13 February I 90 I and its clements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries o f Artille ry Corps. Reconstituted I July I 924 in the Regular Army as the 6th Coast Artillery and partia lly organ ized with Headquarters at Fort Winfield Scott, Cali fornia. (1st and 2d Battalions activated I J uly 1939 at Fo1-t Winfield Scott, California; 3d Battalion activated 2 j une J 94 1 at Fort Winfield Scott, Cali forn ia; 4th Battalion activated 15 June 194 1 at Fort Funston, Cali fo rnia.) Regime nt bmken up 18 Octobe r 1944 and its elements reorga nized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery d isband ed at Fo rt Ba ke r, California; l st, 2d, 3d , and 4th Batta lions reorganized and redesignated as the 6th, 172d, 173d , and !74th Coast Artillery Battalions, respectively.

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Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurren tly consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Croup (see ANNEX l), and consolidated uni t designated as Headquarters and Headqua rte rs Battery, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Croup. Activated I February 1952 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Artillery Croup. Inactivated l September 1971 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

6th Coast Artillery Batta lion disbanded 15 September 1.945 in California. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and red esignated as the 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 4 October 1950 as the 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, assigned to the 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Ord, Cali forn ia. Inactivated 3 Apri l 1956 at Fort Ord, Califo rnia, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division.

172d Coast Artille ry Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 in Californ ia. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated un it designated as the 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated 10 Novem ber 1951 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division. Redesignated 19 November 1952 as the 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 1 February 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 5 December 1957 as the 25th Antia ircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated l September 1958 in Germany.

173d Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort Miley, Cali fo rnia. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 9 March 195 1 as the 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 19 March 1951 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated l Octobe1~ 1953 as the 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated l November 1957 as the 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 in Germany.

174th Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 15 September 1945 in California. Reconstitu ted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 53d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 21 Apri l 1952 as the 53d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 5 May 1952 in J apan. Inactivated 24 J une 1955 in J apan. Redesignated 6 October 1955 as the 53d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Activated 15 November 1955 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 25 March 1957 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 25th and 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalions, 53d Antiaircraft Arti llery Battal ion, and 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (organized in 1907) consolidated , reorgan ized, and redesignated l September 1963 as the 6th


Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. 6th Artillery (less former 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion) con

solidated 1 September 197 J with Headquarte rs a nd Headquarters Batte ry , 6th Artillery Group, a nd consolidated unit reorgan ized a nd redesignated as the 6th Air Defense Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

AN EX J

Constituted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Group. Activated 2 1 August 1942 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 26 May 1943 as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 6th Antia ircra ft Artillery Group. Inactivated 10 December 1945 at Manila, Philippine Islands.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 778th Coast Artille ry Battalion. Activated 10 March 1943 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 1 May 1943 as the 778th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Banalion. Inactivated l May 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New j ersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Batta lion and allotted to the Regular Arm y. Assigned 20 March 1949 to the 25th Infantry Division a nd act ivated in J apan.

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Pltilippillt lnsur.-eclioll

Streamer without inscription

World Wa.-11 Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe New C uineil Bismarck Archipelago Luzon

Vietnam Defense

DECORAT IONS

CountcrofTensive Counteroffensive, Phase I I Coumeroffensive, Phase Ill T el Counteroffensive CounterofTensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 69/Courncroffcnsive Summcr·-fall 19()9 Winter-spring 1970

Meritorious Unit Commendation , Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966 (8th Battalion, 6th Artillery, cited; DA GO l 7, 1968)

Meritorious United Commendation, Streamer e mbroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (8th Battalion, 6th Artillery, cited; DA GO 42, l 969)

Philippine Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer e mbroidered 17 OCTOBER I 944 TO 4JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



LINEAGE (inactive) Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery L, 6th

Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 68th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 68th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 12 July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Kamehameha [Hawaii]. Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of Oahu. Redesignated 1 March 192 I as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of Pearl Harbor. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 68th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery D, 6th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in Hawaii. Activated 15 J an uary 194 1 at Fort Barry, Cali fornia.

Reorgan ized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery C, 172d Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September 1945 as Battery D, Harbor Defenses of San Francisco. Inactivated 10 J une 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, Californ ia . Redesignated 28 June 1950 as Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 4 October 1950 as Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Ord, Califo rnia. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division.

Consolidated 3 February 1962 with Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, lst Battal ion, 6th Artillery (active) (organized in 1798), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, lst Battalion, 6th Artillery, an element of the 1st Armored Division (organic elements constituted and activated 15 February 1957). Battalion relieved 5 May 197 1 from assignment to the I st Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.

Redesignated (less fo rmer Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, lst Battalion, 6th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery; concurrently inactivated at Fort Hood, T exas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Ist Battalion, 6th Artillery, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the I st Battalion, 6th Field Artilleryhereafter separate lineage). CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT

f'hifi/Jjlill.e f iiSW'I'CCliOII *Streamer withou L inscr iption

World War II Rhine lctnd

DECORATIONS None.

Ardennes-Aisace Cenu·al Europe New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago LU4011



LINEAG E (inactive) Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 6th Regi

ment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland. Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 60th Com

pany, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 Februar·y 1907 as the 60th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Winfield Scott [California]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated 16 September 19 18 as Battery A, 50th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 2 December 1918 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated I J une 1922 as the 60th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery A, 6th Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery A, !74th Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 10 December 1945 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Reconstitu ted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently redesignated as Battery A, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion . Redesignated 4 October 1950 as Battery A, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 6th I nfantry Division.

Consolidated 1 September 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 6th Artillery (active) (organized in 1838), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 6th Artillery, an element of the 3d Armored Division (organic elements constituted 30 August 1957 and activated 1 October 1957).

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 6th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery; concurrently inactivated in Germany, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division (former Headquarters and Headqu arters Ba ttery, 2d Battalion , 6th Artillery , concu rrenlly reorganized and redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 6th Field Artilleryhereafter separate lineage). CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPAT ION CREDIT

Philippine lnsr~rrectiou *Streamer without insc ription

Wodd War II Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace

DECORATIONS

None.

Cemral Europe New Guine:1 Bismarck Archipelago Luzon



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 6th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 6 lst Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 6lst Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Baker [California). Redesignated 31 August 19 17 as the 11 th Company, Coast Defenses of San Fra ncisco. Redesignated in November 19 17 as Battery C, 1st Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesignated 14 November 19,18 as the 24th Antiaircraft Battery, l st Antia ircraft Sector. Redesignated 29 March 19 19 as the 11 th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 6lst Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery B, 6th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Actiyated 1 J uly 1939 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Batte ry B, 6th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September 1945 as Battery F, Harbor Defenses of San Francisco. Inactivated J 0 June 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Redesignated 28 June 1950 as Battery B, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 4 October 1950 as Battery B, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division.

Consolidated l September 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery (active) (organized in 1901), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and H eadquarters Batte ry, 3d Howitzer Battalion , 6th Artillery (organic elements constituted 2 J une 1958 and activated 25 June 1958). Redesignated 1 April 1968 as the 3d Battalion, 6th Artillery. Inactivated 10 April 1970 at Fort Lewis, Was hington.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery (former Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 3d Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery, activated 13 September 1972 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 21 December 1975 at Fort Bliss, Texas.


CAM PAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Philippillt hiSilrrectioll

*Streamer wilhout inscription

World War I *Meusc-Argonnc

W orld Wm· II Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago Luzon

DECO RAT IONS

Vietnam *Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase II *Countc•·offensive, Phase III *Tel Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive, Phase V *Counteroffensive, Phase VI *Tet 69/Counteroffensive *Summer-fall I 969 *Winter-spring 1970

127

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1970 (3d Battalion, 6th Artillery, cited; DA GO 54, 1974)

Battery A additionally entitled to Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DAK TO-ijEN 1 JET (Battery A, 3d Batta lion, 6th Artillery, cited; DA GO 48, 197 1)


4th BATTALION, 6th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 6th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 62d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 62d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 15 July 19 16 as the 2d Company, Fort Worden (Washington]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses ofPuget Sound. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 62d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Inactivated 1 October 1922 in the Coast Defenses of Puget Sound.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery C, 6th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 July 1939 at Fort Winfield Scott, Cal ifornia.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery A, l73d Coast Artillery BatLalion. Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort Funston, California. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated .as Battery C, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 4 October 1950 as Battery C, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an clement of the 6th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as H eadquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 6th Arti llery (organic elements concurrently constituted) . Battalion activated 1 September 1958 in Germany. (Headquarters and H eadq u arte rs Battery, 4th Miss ile Battalion, 6th Artillery, consolida ted 1 September 1963 with Battery C, 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion [organized in 1901], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 6th Artillery.) Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 4th Battalion, 6th Artillery. Inactivated 26 March 1970 in Germany.

Redesignated (less former Battery C, 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion), 1 September 197 1 as the 4th Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery C, 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 4th Battalion, 6th Field Artillery- hereafter separate lineage).


CAMPAIGN P A RT I CIPATION CREDIT

PhilifJfJine l nswnclion *Su·eamer without inscription

World Wm· /1 Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago Luzon

D ECORA T ! ONS

None.

129



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Batte ry E, 6th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McH enry, Maryland.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 63d Company, Coast Artillery, Arti lle ry Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 63d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 15 J u ly 19 16 as the 3d Company, Fort Worden [Washington). Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 3d Company, Coast Defenses ofPugetSound. Redesignated I June 1922 as the 63d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery E, 6th Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 OcLOber 1944 as Battery B, 173d Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 15 September 1945 at Fort Cronkhite, Ca li fornia. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regula1· Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 25th Antiai1:craft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , an c leme nt of th e 25th Infa ntry Division. Inact iva ted 10 November 195 1 in Korea and re lieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division. Redesignated 19 November 1952 as Battery A, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalio n. Activated 1 February 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery A, 25th Antiaircraft Arti ll e ry Battal ion . Redesignated 5 December 1957 as Batte ry A, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Missi le Battalio n. ·

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Baualion, 6th Artille ry (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). (H eadquarters a nd H eadquarte rs Battery , 5th Missil e Battalion , 6th Artillery, consolidated I September 1963 with Battery E, 6th Field Artillery [organized in 190 I J, and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion , 6th Artillery.) Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 5th Battalio n, 6th Artille ry.

Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery E, 6th Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, 6th Air Defe nse Artillery (former Battery E, 6th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 5th Battalio n, 6th Field Arti llery-hereafter separate lineage). 5th Battalion , 6th Air Defense Artillery, inactivated 30 J une 1982 in Germany.

ANNEX

Constitu ted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 778th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated I 0 March 1943 at


Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 1 May J 943 as Batte ry A, 778th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 1 May 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New j ersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 25th Antiaircraft Ar tillery Automatic Weapons Batta lion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1949 in J apan as an element of the 25th Infantry Division.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Philippine hrsu1nction


World War II *Rhineland *Ardcnnes-Aisacc *Cemral Europe

New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago Luzon

DECORATIONS

Korean Wm· *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer- fall offensive

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASAN-CH 1 NJ u (25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 1 95 1)



RA (inactive)

LI NEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 6th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 64th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 64th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 july 1916 as the 8th Company, Fort Winfield Scott [California]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 8th Company, Coast Defense of San Francisco. Redesignated l june 1922 as the 64th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated I j uly 1924 as Battery F, 6th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Baker, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery B, 174th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September 1945 as Battery G, Harbor Defenses of San Francisco. Inactivated I 0 june 1946 at Fort Baker, California. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery B, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Baualion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated 10 November 195 I in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infanlry Division. Redesignated 19 November 1952 as Battery B, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 1 February 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery B, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 5 December 1957 as Batte ry B, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 6th Artillery (organic clements constituted J 2 August I 958 and activated 1 September 1958). Battalion inactivated 26 July 1960 at Finleyville, Pennsylvania. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 6th Artillery, consolidated I September 1963 with Battery F, 6th Field Artillery [organized in 190 I], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Batta lion, 6th Artillery.)

Redesignated (less former Battery F, 6th Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 6th Missile Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery F, 6th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 6th Missile Battalion, 6th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).


ANNEX

Constitu ted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery B, 778th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 10 March 1943 at Camp 1-laan, California. Redesignated 1 May 1943 as Battery B, 778th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 1 May 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1949 in J apan as an element of the 25th Infantry Division.


PhilifJpine Insurrection *Streamer without inscript ion

World War/ / *Norlhem France *Rhineland

D ECORATIONS

None.

* Ardcnnes-1\lsacc *Cenu·al Europe


134 AIR D£FENSE ARTILLERY

7th HOWITZER BATTALION, 6th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

AR (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery M, 6th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 69th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 69th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 J uly 1916 as the 4th Company, Fort Monroe [Virginia]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Consolidated 30 August 1919 with the 13th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay (organized 15 J anuary 1918; consolidated in December 1918 with the 14th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay [organized in March 1918], and consolidated unit designated as the 13th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay), and consolidated unit designated as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 69th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery G, 6th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. Activated 1 July 1939 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery A, 6th Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September 1945 as Battery E, Harbor Defenses of San Francisco. Inactivated 10 June 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Consolidated 28 june 1950 with Battery C, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNI:: x), and consolidated unit designated as Battery C, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated I 0 November 1951 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division. Redesignated 19 November 1952 as Battery C, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 1 February 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery C, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 5 December 1957 as Battery C, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 17 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 79th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 20 April 1959 at Seaford, Delaware. Inactivated 28 February 1963 at Seaford, Delaware, and relieved from ass ignment to the 79th Infantry Division. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th


Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery, consolidated l September 1963 with Battery G, 6th Field Artillery [constituted in 1940), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery.)

Redesignated (less former Battery G, 6th Field Artillery) I September 1971 as the 7th Howitzer Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery G, 6th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 7th Howitzer Battalion, 6th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery C, 778th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 10 March 1943 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 1 May 1943 as Battery C, 778th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 1 May 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery C, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1949 in J apan as an element of the 25th Infantry Division.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT

PhilifJfJine Ins urrection *Streamer without inscription

World War II *Northern Fra nce *Rhineland

DECORAT I ONS

*Ardennes-Alsace *Ccntntl Em·opc


*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEM

BOURG (Battery C, 778th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, cited; WD GO 19, 1947, as amended by DA GO 74, 1948).



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constitu ted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery H , 6th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 23 March 1898 at Fort McHenry, Maryland.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 65th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 65th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 July 1916 as the 6th Company, Fort Winfield Scott [California]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redes ignated 16 September 1918 as Battery C, 40th Artiller y (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 3 I December 19 18 as the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of San Fra ncisco. Redesignated 1 june 1922 as the 65th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery H , 6th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Activated 2 June 1941 at Fort Baker, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1944 as Battery A, 172d Coast Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 15 September R 945 as Battery B, Harbor Defenses of San Francisco. Inactivated 10 J u ne 1946 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery D, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated uni t designated as Battery D, 25th Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated 10 November 195 1 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division . Redesignated 19 November 1952 as Battery D, 25th Antiaircraft Artiller·y Gun Battalion. Activated 1 February 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery D, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 5 December 1957 as Battery D, 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 4 April l 960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery, and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (o r ganic e lements concu rrently constituted) . Batta lion activated 20 April 1960 at Fort Riley, Ka nsas. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Howitzer Battalion , 6th Artillery, consolidated I September 1963 with Battery H , 6th Fie ld Artillery [cornstituted in 1940], a nd consolidated unit designated as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 8th H owitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery.) Redesignated 20 J anuary 1964 as the 8th Battalion, 6th Arti ll ery.

Redesignated (less fo rmer Battery H, 6th Field Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 8th Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery; concu1Tently inactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st In-


fantt·y Division (former Battery H , 6th Field Artill ery, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 8th Battalion, 6th Field Artilleryhereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery D, 778th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated I 0 March 1943 at Camp H aan, California. Re designated I May 1943 as Battery D, 778th An tiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion . Inactivated 1 May 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery 0 , 25th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1949 in Japan as an element of the 25th Infantry Division.

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT P hiliJIIIine lnsm-rection


World War II *Rhineland *Ardennes-Alsace *Central Europe

New Guinea Hismarck Archipelago Luzon

DECORATIONS

Vietnam *Defense *Cou ntct·oiTensive *Counteroffensive, Phase II *Coumcmffcnsive, Phase Ill *Tet Counteroffensive *Coulllcroffensive, Phase I V *Counteroffensive, Phase V *Counteroffensive, Phase VI *Tel 69/CounteroiTensive *Summet·-fall I !JG9 *Wimer-spring 1970

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966 (8th Battalion, 6th Artillery, cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1968 (8th Battalion, 6th Artillery, cited; OJ\ GO 42, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer emb,·oidered v 1 £TNAM 1965-1968 (8th Battalion, 6th Artille•·y, cited; DA GO 21, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970 (8th Battalion, 6th Artillery, cited; DA GO 53, 1970)

6TH AiR D EFENSE ARTILLERY BIBI.IOGR/\PHY

Baylis, C. D. , ed.Hm·bor DefensesofSanFmncisco, 1941. Baton Rouge: Arm y and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

"Big Red One," 1st infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1963 . Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1963. Contains information about the 8th Battalion, 6th Ai1· Defense Artillery.

Ch1istmas of 1939, Battery "B," Sixth Coast Artille1)'· Fort Winfield Scott, 1939.


1st Armo·red Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1963. Contains information about the 1st Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery.

Lowry, Tom, ed. 778thAAA AW BN (SP) FTomActivation to Victo1y. Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1945.

McMaster, R. K. "Bridgman's Bull Battery." Field Artillery j ournal 42 (July-August 1974): 21. Pertains to the former Battery G, 6th Regiment of Artillery.

Marquat, William F. "Automatic Artillery in Korea." Antiaircmft Artillery joumal 93 (November-December 1950):2-9; 94 (January-February 1951):2- 12; (March-April 1951):2-5; (May-June 1951):2-6; (July-August 1951):2-9; (September-October J 951):2-5; (November-December 1951):2-6; 95 Uanuary-February 1 952):2- 5; (March-April 1952):8-10; (May-J une 1952): 12-15.

Ott, David Ewing. Field A1·tillety, 1954- 1973. Vietnam Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. Contains information about the 8th Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery.

242nd AAA GToujJ. London : Montgomery Publishing Company, 1953.

7th AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY HERALDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Crest:

Motto: Symbolism:

Gules, a pile voided or cr usilly fi tchy of the like overall a railway gun in the act of firing argent, smoke pr oper. On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, a panther passant guardant, incensed or, flames proper. Nullius Pavel Occunum (He Fears No Encounter). T he shield is scarlet for artillery. T he cross crosslets fi tchy, from the arms of the Lords of Commercy, refer to the baptism of fire of a battery of the regiment at Royaumeix near Commercy, France, in World War I. The p ile is from the coat of arms of the 53d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), elements of which were later consolidated with the 7th Cpast Artillery. The railway gun commemorates the unique d istinction of Battery E, 42d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (which later became the 8th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery), of fir ing one of the first shots by a coast arti llery organization in World War I.

The panther in the crest is taken from the coat of arms of the Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook where the regiment was reorganized on 1 J uly 1924. The motto is "He [the panther] fears no encounter."

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA

T he distinctive insignia is the crest and motto of the coat of arms.

L INEAGE AND H ONORS

L tNEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as the 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 29 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York. Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of Artillery Corps. Reconstituted I j uly 1924 in the Regular Army as the 7th Coast Artillery and organized with Headquarters at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. (2d Battalion inactivated 28 February J 930 at Fort Hancock, New j e1·sey; I st Battalion inactivated 7 April 1930 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey; 1st and 2d Battalions activated 11 January 1941 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey.) Regiment (less 2d Battalion) inactivated 7 April 1944 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. (2d Battalion inactivated J 3 April 1944 at Camp

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Chaffee, Arkansas.) Disbanded 14 June 1944. Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 7th Coast Artillery, recon

stituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Antiairct·aft Artillery Group (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated 20 January 1952 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1953 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Activated 1 May 1954 in Korea. Inactivated 20 January 1955 in Korea. Activated l july 1955 in Greenland. Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Artillery Group. Inactivated 20 December 1965 at Fort T otten, New York.

1st Battalion, 7th Coast Artille ry, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 126th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX 2) and consolidated unit redesignated as the 7th Antiaircraft Artille ry Battalion. Redesignated 13 December 195 1 as the 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 20 December 1951 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Redesignated 30 j une 1955 as the 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 in Germany.

2d Battal ion, 7th Coast Artille ry, reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as the 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 24th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 J anuary 1953 as the 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea. Relieved 5 J une 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division.

Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery, 7th Artillery Gt·oup; 7th and 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; and 7th Field Artillery Battalion (organ ized in 1916) consolida ted, reorganized, and redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 7th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.

7th Artillery (less former 7th Field Artillery Baualion) reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 7th Air Defense Artill ery, a pa rent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (former 7th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently reorga nized and redesignated as the 7th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX 1

Constituted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Group. Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp Haan , California. Redesignated 26 May 1943 as H eadquarters and Headquarte rs Battery, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Inactivated J 7 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.


ANNEX 2

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the J26th Coast Artillery Baualion. Activated 10 May 1943 at Camp Haan, Cal iforn ia. Red esig nated 28 June 1943 as the J 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 3 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virgi nia.

ANNI::X 3

Constituted 25 Febrmiry 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 784th Coast Artillery Baualion. Activated 10 April 1943 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 30 April 1943 as the 784th Antiaircraft Artillery AuLOmatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. Assigned 20 March 1949 to the 24th In fantry Division and activated in Japan.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wol'ld War fl

Normandy Northern France Rhineland J\rdennes-Alsace Central Europe England 1944

KIll' trill War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intcrvemion First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive U summer-fall offensive Second Korean "'inter Korea, summer 1953

D~::coRATIONS

Vietnam Defense Counteroffensive Coumeroffcnsive, Pha e II Coumeroffensive, Phase Ill Tel Coumcroffensivc Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 69/Countcroffcnsivc Summer-fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970

Presidential U nit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, 1950)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967 (1st Battalion, 7th Arti llery, cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorio us Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (1st Battalion, 7th Artillery, cited; DA GO 17, 1969)



LINEAGE (nondivisiohal)

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 29 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 72d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 72d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Screven [Georgia]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of Savannah. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 72d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery A, 7th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 7 Aprill930 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey. Activated 1 July 1939 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey. Inactivated 7 April 1944 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 126th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 December 1951 as Battery A, 7th Antia ircraft Artil lery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 20 December 1951 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Redesignated 30 J une 1955 as Battery A, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Inactivated l September 1958 in Germany; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery (active) (organized in 1916), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery, an element of the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements constituted 8 February 1957 and activated 15 February 1957). Redesignated 20 January 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery; concurrently inactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division (former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, activated 13 September 1972 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, !26th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 10 May 1943 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 28 June 1943 as Battery A, l26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. I nactivated 3 J anuary 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War II


*Rhineland * 1\rdenncs-/\lsace *Central Europe *England 1944

Korttm War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive

DECORATIONS

Second Ko t·e•m wimer Korea, summer 1953

Viet11am *Defense *Counteroffensive *CoumerofTensive, Phase II *Counteroffensive, Phase Ill *Tet Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive. Phase IV *Coumeroffensive, Ph:tsc V *Countet·offensive, Phase VI *Tet 59/Counteroffensive *Summer-fall I 969 *Winter-spring 1970

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Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE. OF KO REA

*Meritorious Un it Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967 ( l st Battalion, 7th Artillery, cited ; DA GO 17, 1968)

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (lst Battalion, 7th Artillery, cited; DA GO 17, 1969)

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (! 26th Antiaircraft Ar tillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Arm y for action at Ln:CE (!26th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (126th Amiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion ci ted; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNA M 1965-1968 ( 1st Batta lio n , 7th Arti ll e r y, cited; DA GO 2 1, 1969)

*Republic of Vietnam C ross of Gallan try with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970 (Jst Battalion, 7th Artillery, cited ; D A GO 2, 197 1)

*Republic o f Vietnam Civil Action Honor Med al, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM l 965-1970 (I st Battalion , 7th Artillery, cited ; DA GO 53, 1970)



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 31 March 1898 at Fort S locum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated I 3 February 190 I as the 73d Company, Coast Artillery, Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 73d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated I j uly 1916 as the 6th Company, Fort Grant [Canal Zone]. Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of Balboa. Redesignated 30 june 1922 as the 73d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery B, 7th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 28 February l 930 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. Activated I july I 939 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. Inactivated 7 April 1944 at Camp Leonard Wood, Missouri. Disbanded 14 june 1944.

Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 126th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery B, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 December 195 1 as Battery B, 7th Antiaircraft Art ille r y Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 20 December 1951 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Redesignated 30 June 1955 as Battery B, 7th Antiaircra[\ Artillery Battalion.

Inactivated 1 September 1958 in Germany; concurrently consolidated with H eadquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery (organized in 1916), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Batta lion, 7th Artillery (organic elements constitu ted 14 j une 1957). Battalion assigned 1 April 1960 to the 24th Infantry Division and activated in Ge1·ma ny. Redesignated 1 February I 963 as the 2d Battalion, 7th Artillery. Inactivated 15 April 1970 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division.

Redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery) 1 September 197 1 as the 2d Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery (former Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 7th Field Anillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery B, 126th Coast Artillery Battalio n. Activated 10 May 1943 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 28 J unc 1943 as Battery B, 1 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 3 j anuary l 946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia .



\Vurld !Vm II Normand)'

Korean War

onhcrn France *Rhineland *Ardcnncs-Aisacc *Central Europe *England 1944

DECORA' I'IONS

UN defensive UN offensive CCF itncrv<:ntion First UN coumcmffensivc CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

145

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE

OF KOREA

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (!26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action al LIEGE (I 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the 01·derofthe Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDEN ES (I 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, L950)



(nondivisional)

LINEAGE Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery I, 7th

Regiment of Artillery. Organized 31 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 79th Company, Coast Artiller y, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 Febt·uary 1907 as the 79th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in j uly 1916 as the lst Company, Fort Michie [New York]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 23d Com pany, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Redesignated 15 Apri l 1918 as the 18th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Redesignated 2 December 1918 as the 15th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Consolidated 30 September 1919 with the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound (organized 1 January 1919), a nd consol idated un it designated as the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Consolidated 7 March 1921 with the 7th, 8th, and 9th Companies, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound, and consolidated unit designated as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. Former 6th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound, withdrawn from the consolidation and reorganized 18 December 1921 at Fort H . G. Wright, New York (2d Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound, concurrently redesignated as the 5th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound-hereafter separate lineage). Redesignated I June 1922 as the 79th Company, Coast ArtiUery Corps. Inactivated 20 November 1922 at Fort H. G. Wright, New York.

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery C, 7th Coast Artillery. Activated 13 August 1940 at Fort Ti lden, New York. Inactivated 7 April 1944 at Camp Leonard Wood, Missouri. Disbanded 14 june 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J unc 1950 in the Regular Army; concur-rently consolidated with Battery C, ! 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery C, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 December 1951 as Battery C, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 20 December 195 1 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. ]~edesignated 30 J une 1955 as Battery C, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Consolidated 1 September 1958 with Battery C, 7th Field Artillery Battalion (organized in I 9 16), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 3d Gun Battalion , 7th Artillery (organic clements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated I September I 958). Reorgan ized and redes ignated 25 November 1960 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 7th Artillery. Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 7th Artillery.


Reorganized and redesignated (less former Battery C, 7th Field Artillery Battalion) I September 197 1 as the 3d Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery C, 7th Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 7th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery C, I 26th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 10 May 1943 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 28 J une 1943 as Battery C, 126th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 3 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.



*Rhineland *Ardennes-Aisace *Central Europe *England 1944

Korean War

DECORATIONS

UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Kot·can winter Korea, summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA

*Belgian Fourragcre 1940 (I 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at u EGE (I 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the AIWENNES (!26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Batta lion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


4th MISSILE BATTALION, 7th AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March I 898 in the Regular Army as Battery 0 , 7th Regiment of Arti llery. Organized 3 1 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorgan ized and redesignated 13 February I 90 1 as the 74th Company, Coast Artillery, Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 74th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 13 J uly 1916 as the 4th Company, Fort Screven [Georgia). Redesignated 15 A pril1917 as the 2d Company, Fort Screven [Georgia]. Redesignated 22 J uly 19 17 as Battery M, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery M, 53d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 6 August 19 18 as Battery F, 53d Artillery (Coast Anillery Corps). (Additionall y designated l june 1922 as the 74th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished I july 1924.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery D, 7th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 28 February 1930 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. Activated 13 J anuary 194 1 at Fort Hancock, New .Jersey. Inactivated 13 April l 944 at Camp Chaffee, Arka nsas. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery D, !26th Antiaircraft Arti llery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery D, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 December 1951 as Battery D, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Batta lion. Activated 20 December 195 1 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Disbanded 30 June 1955 in Germany.

Reconstituted 12 August 1958 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 7th Field Arti llery (organized in 19 1 6), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Gun Battal ion, 7th Artillery (organ ic elements concurrently constituted). Batta lion activated 1 September 1958 at Savanna h, Georgia. Inactivated 20 J anuary 1960 at Savannah, Georgia. Redesignated 4 April 1960 as the 4th Missile Baualion, 7th Artillery. Activated 19 April 1960 at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas. Inactivated 25 June 1966 at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas.

Redesignated (less fo rme r Battery 0, 7th Field Artillery) I September 1971 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery D, 7th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 4th Missile Bau.alion, 7th Field Arti llery-hereafter separate lineage) .


ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery D, I 26th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 10 May 1943 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 28 June 1943 as Battery D, !26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Batta lion. Inactivated 3 J an uary 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRt::DlT *Cemral r~uropc *England 1944

World \V(lr I *Champagne-Marne *St. Mihiel *Meuse-Argonne *Lorraine 19 18 *Champagne 1918

Korellll \V(lr

World Wr1r fl Normandy Nonhem France

*Rhineland *Ardennes-Aisace

DECORATIONS

U ' defensive UN offensive CCF intervcmion First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean wiuter Korea , surnmc1· 1953


*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (!26th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; OA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at LIEGE (!26th Antiaircraft Arti llery Gun Battal ion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (!26th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Batta lion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery E, 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 31 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 75th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 75th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 18 j uly 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Kamehameha [Hawaii]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Oahu. Redesignated in February 1921 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Pearl Harbor. Redesignated 30 j une 1922 as the 75th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated I j uly 1924 as Battery E, 7th Coast Artillery. Inactivated l February 1940 at Fort Dupont, Delaware. Activated 13 February 1941 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. Inactivated 13 April 1944 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 24th Infantry Division. Redesignated l J anuary 1953 as Battery A, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea. (26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion relieved! 5 J une 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division.)

Consolidated 12 August 1958 with Battery E, 7th Field Artillery (organized in 1916), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 7ttJ Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Tappan, New York. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 5th Battalion, 7th Artillery. Inactivated 30 November 1968 at Tappan, New York.

Redesignated (less former Battery E, 7th Field Arti llery) I September J 971 as the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery E, 7th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 5th Battalion, 7th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage).

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, 784th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 10 April l943 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 30 Aprill943 as Battery A, 784th Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1949 in J apan as an element of the 24th Infantry Division.

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC OAT A


*Normandy *Nonhern France *Rhineland

Korean War

Ardennes-Aisace *Cenu·al Eur·opc *England 1941

DECORAT lONS

*UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervcmion *Firsl UN countcr·offensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer- fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

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*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOR EA (24th Infantry Division cited ; DA GO 45, 1950)

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army fot· action at LIEGE (784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (784th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Preside ntial Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONCTAEK (26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952- 1953 (24th Infantry Division cited ; DA GO 24, 1954)



AR (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March I 898 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organ ized 31 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesig nated 13 February I 90 1 as the 76th Company, Coast Arti llery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 76th Company, Coast Anillery Corps. Redesignated 3 July 19 16 as the 2d Company, Fort H ancock [New J e rsey]. Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook. Redesignated J J une J 922 as the 76th Compa ny, Coast Artille ry Corps.

Redesig nated I J uly 1924 as Batte ry F, 7th Coast Artillery, and inactivated at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. Activated 13 J anuary 194 1 at Fort Hancock, New j ersey. I nactivated 13 April l944 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Disbanded 14 J une 1944.

Reconstitu ted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; q>ncurrently consolidated with Battery B, 26th Antiaircraft Arti ll ery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated un it desig nated as Battery B, 26th Antiaircra ft Artille ry Au tomatic Weapons Batta lion , an elemen t o f the 24th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 J anua ry 1953 as Battery B, 26th An tiaircraft Ar tillery Battal ion. Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea. (26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion relieved 5 J une 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division.)

Consolidated 7 April 1959 with Battery F, 7th Field Arti llery (organized in 1916), and consolidated uni t redesignated as H eadq uarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 6th Howitzer Battalio n, 7th Arti llery; concur ren tly withd raw n from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Rese rve, and assigned to the 77th Infantry Division (organ ic elemen ts concurren tly constituted). Battalion activated I May 1959 with Headquarters at White Plains, New York. Redesignated 25 March 1963 as the 6th Battalion, 7th Artillery. Inactivated 30 December 1965 at White Plains, New York, and relieved from assignme nt to the 77th Infantry Division.

Redesig nated (less former Battery F, 7th Field Artillery) 1 September 197 1 as the 6th Battalion, 7th Air De fense Arti llery (former Battery F, 7th Field Ar tillery, concurrently redesignated as the 6th Battalion, 7th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage) .

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the Uni ted States as Battery 13 , 784th Coast Ar ti ll ery Ba ttalion. Activated I 0 April 1943 al Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesig nated 30 April 1943 as Battery B, 784th Antia i•-craft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battal io n. Inactivated 3 1 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 26th Antiaircraft


Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion, and alloued to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1949 in j apan as an elemen t of the 24th lnfantry Division.

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATIO \Vorld War /I

*Normandy *Northern Fnu1cc *Rhine land Arden ncs-A isarc

*Central Europe *England 194'1

DECORATIONS

CRED IT Korean War

*U1 defensive *UN offensive *CCF intc rve111ion *First UN cou nte roiTcnsive *CCF spring offensive *U1 summer- fall o ffensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

*Presidential U nit Citation (A rm y), Streame r embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, 1950)

*Belgian Fourrage re 1940 (784th Antiaircra ft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; OA GO 4 3, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Be lg ian Army for action at LIEGE (784th An.tiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, l 950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDt::NNES (784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidentia l U nit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONCTAEK (26th AntiaircrafL Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 195 1)

*Republic o f Korea Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952- 1953 (24th Infantry Division cited; OA GO 24, 1954)


7th HOWITZER BATTALION, 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

AR (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery L, 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 31 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 81 st Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 81st Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in j uly 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Grant [Canal Zone]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the I st Company, Coast Defenses of Balboa. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 8lst Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated l J uly 1924 as Battery G, 7th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Canal Zone. Activated 1 J une 1941 at Fort Tilden, New York. Inactivated 20 March 1944 at Fortjackson, South Carolina. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery C, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery C, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 24th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 J anuary 1953 as Battery C, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea. (26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion relieved 5 June 1958 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division.)

Consolidated 6 April 1959 with Battery G, 7th Field Artillery (organized in 1940), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Howitzer Battalion, 7th Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the 94th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 May 1959 at Worcester, Massachusetts. Inactivated 1 March 1963 at Worcester, Massachusetts, and relieved from assignment to the 94th I nfantry Division.

Redesignated (less former Battery G, 7th Field Artillery) I September 1971 as the 7th Howitzer Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery (former Battery G, 7th Field Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 7th Howitzer Battalion, 7th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage) .

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery C, 784th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated! 0 April 1943 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 30 April 1943 as Battery C, 784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1949 in J apan as an element of the 24th Infan try Division.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wodcl War!!

*Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland

Korean War

Ardenncs-Aisace *Cemral Europe *England 191\t\

DECORATIONS

*UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervention *First UN coumeroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean wimer *Korea, summer 1953

155

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, 1950)

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at LIEGE (784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (784th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic ·weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Un it Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONGTAEK (26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952 (Battery C, 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, cited; DA GO 50, 1954)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952- 1953 (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 24, L 954)



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery H , 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 31 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 78th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 78th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Moultrie [South Carolina]. Redesignated 22July 19 17 as Battery H, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery H, 53d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery E, 42d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . (Additionally designated l J une 1922 as. the 78th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 J uly 1924.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Headquarters Battery, 7th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 7 April 1944 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri . Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters Battery, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (see ANNEX), and consolidated un it designated as Headquarters Battery, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated 20 J anuary 1952 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1953 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Activated 1 May 1954 in Korea. Inactivated 20 January 1955 in Korea. Activated l July 1955 in Greenland. Redesignated ·20 March 1958 as Headquarters Battery, 7th Artillery Group.

Inactivated 20 December 1965 at Fort Totten, New York; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Battalion , 7th Artillery (active) (organized in 1916), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Battalion, 7th Artillery (organic elements constituted 18 J anuary 1962 and activated 9 April 1962).

Reorganized and redesignated (less former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Battalion, 7th Artillery) 1 September 1971 as the 8th Battalion , 7th Air Defense Artillery (former H eadquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 8th Battalion, 7th Artillery, concurrently redesignated as the 8th Battalion, 7th Field Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). 8th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, inactivated 13 September 1972 at For t Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX

Constitu ted 5 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters Battery, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Group. Activated l September 1942 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated


26 May 1943 as Headquarters Battery, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Inactivated 17 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World Wa1·!

*CI1ampagne-Marne *Champagne 1918

World War If Normandy

*Northern France *Rhineland *Arden nes-Alsace *Central Europe

England 194'1

DECOH.A TIONS

Korean WM UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer 1953


*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered CHAMPAGNE (Battery H, 53d Artillery [Coast Artillery Corps], cited; WD GO 11 , 1924)

7TH AIR D EFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aaron, J ohnS. "24th Division Antia ircraft Artillery." Antiair·craji Ar·tillery journal 95 Qanuary-February 1952): 18-20. Contains infor mation about the 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Alf, William L. "The Guns of Battery '0'." Field Artillery j ournaL 27 (November 1937): 439-42.

"Big Red One," 1 stlnfantry Division, Fm·t Riley, Kansas, 1963. Baton Rouge: Army a nd Navy Publishing Company, 1963. Contains information about the 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery.

Harvey, Lynn C. 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), 1963. ROAD Reorganization Day. Germany, 1963. Contains information about the 2d Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery.

Marquat, William F. "Automatic Artillery in Korea." Antiai·rcr·aft Ar-tillery Journal 93 (November- December 1950):2-9; 94 Qanuary- February 1951):2-12; (March-Apri l 1951):2-5; (May-June 1951):2-6; Quly-August 1951):2-9; (September-October 1951):2-5; (NovemberDecember 1951):2-6; 95 Qanuary-February 1952):2- 5; (March-April 1952):8-10; (May-June 1952): 12- 15. Contains information about the 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Ott, David Ewing. Field Ar·tillery, 1954-1973. Vietnam Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. Contains information about the lst Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery.

7th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic WeajJons Battcdion (Mbl ), CmnjJ Stewart, 1952. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1952.


Swindell, Archie C. 24th Infantry Division: Follow Me. Special Taro Leaf Historical Edition. Re-Activation Day, I960. Germany, 1960. Contains information about the 2d Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery.

24th Infantry Division, A Brief History: The Story of the 24th Infantty Division's Actions in the Korean Conflict. Tokyo: J apan News, 1954. Contains information about the 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Weise, Carl, ed. 9th Infantry Div~sion, Fort Carson, Colorado. Dallas: Miller Publishing Company, 1956. Contains information about the 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

43d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALDI C I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, on a bend or three oozlefinches vert. Orest: On a wreath of the colors, o r and gules, an epi or around

and behind a French locomotive affronte gules. Motto: Sustinernus (We Support). Syrnbolisrn: The shield is red for artillery. The bend is taken from the

arms of Lorraine, which is gold with three golden alerions on a red be nd , with the colors reversed; the three oozlefinches are used instead of the alerions. The green oozlefinch was the device on the shoulder patch worn by the railway arti llery reserve in France of which this regiment was a unit.

The locomotive and epi show the character of the regiment.

The motto "Sustinemus" alludes to the mission of the railway artillery.

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGN IA

The distinctive insignia is the shield, crest, and motto of the coat of arms.

LI NEAGE AND HoNoRs

LINEAGE

Constituted 29 June 19 18 in the Regular Army as the 43d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Organized 7 August 1918 at Haussimont, France , from existing Regular Army units and one New York National Guard company. (National Guard com pany demobilized in February 1919; regiment continued on active status.) Inactivated 17 August 1921 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as the 43d Coast Artillery. Disbanded 14 J une 1944.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 43d Coast Artillery, reconstiwted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 43d Field Artillery Group.

I st Battalion, 43d Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regula1· Army; concurrently consolidated with the 43d Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1 ), and consolidated unit designated as the 43d Field Artillery Battalion, an clement of the 8th Infantry Division. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated l August I 957 in Germany a nd relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.

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2d Battalion, 43d Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 61st Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as the 61st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division. Inactivated 15 October J 957 in J apan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.

3d Battalion, 43d Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consol idated with the 64th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as the 64th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 February 1957 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 43d Field Artillery Group, and 43d, 6 1st, and 64th Field Arti lle ry Battalions consol idated, reorganized, and redesignated August 1958-July 1959 as th e 43d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 43d Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX I

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 43d Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 J anuary 1941 as the 43d Field Artillery Battalion. Assigned I June 1941 to the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division) and activated at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood.> Missouri.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 61 st Field Artillery Battalion. Assigned 3 J anuary 1941 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX 3

Constituted 26 August 194 1 in the Regular Army as the 64th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. Activated J October 1941 in H awaii.


World Wor I St. Mihiel

Leyte (with arrowhead) Luzon

Meusc-Argonnc Lorraine 1918 Korean ~""r

World War II Normand)' Northern France Rhineland Central Europe Central Pacific Guadalcanal Northern Solomons New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago

UN defensive UN offensive CCF imervcntion First UN couuteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Kor·ea, summer 1953


DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 36, 195 1)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NAM RI VER (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 49, 195 1)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAKCtiON, KOREA (6Ist Field Artillery Batta lion cited; DA GO 33, 1952)

Presidentia l Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WON.JUt tWACHON (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

Ai r Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered ALASKA (1st Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery, cited; DA GO 23, J 979)


l st BATTALION , 43d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

( n ondivisional) LINEAGE

Constituted 14 August 1901 in the Regular Army as the 1 07th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized 19 August 190 I at Fort Preble, Maine. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the I 07th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Preble [Maine].

Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 19 17 as Battery E, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery E, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery E, 43d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 17 August 1921 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 107th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Batte ry E, 43d Coast Artillery. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 64th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 64th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. lnactivated 1 February 1957 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 43d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September J 958 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Inactivated 25 March 1966 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Redesignated 1 Septernber 1971 as the 1st Missile Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 1st Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery, and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Inactivated 31 July 1979 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Activated I May 1982 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX

Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 64th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. Activated 1 October 1941 in Hawaii.


CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT World War/ Korean War

*St. Mihiel *Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

World War II Normandy Nonhem France Rhineland Central Europe

*Central Pacific *Cuadalcanal *Northern Solomons

New Guinea Bismar•ck Archipelago Leyte (with arrowhead)

*Luzon

D ECORK I'I ONS

*UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervemior1 *First UN counter·offensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean wimer *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

163

*Presiden tial Unit Citation (Army), Streamer em broidered <.;UADALCANAL (64th Field Artillery Battalio n cited; DA GO 36, 195 1)

*Presidential Unit Cita tio n (Army), Streamer embroidered NAM RIV ER (64th Fie ld Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 49, 195 1)

Presiden tia l Unit Citation (Army), Streamer em broidered PAKCHON, KOREA

*Presidential Un it Cita tion (Navy), Streamer embroidered wON.JUHWACHON (64th Field Arti llery Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

*Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUN.JOM (64th Fie ld Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 38, 1957)

*Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered ALASKA (1st Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery, cited ; DA GO 23, 1979)

*Philippine Pres ide nti a l U ni t Citatio n , Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOJ3£R 1944 TO 4 j ULY 1945 (64th Fie ld Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation , Streamer embroidered MASAN-C IIl NJ U (64th Field Artille ry Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 195 1)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Un it Citatio n , Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-N I (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 19, 1955)


2d MISSILE BATTALION, 43d AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY

LINI::ACE

RA (inactive)

Constituted I 0 J u ly l 907 in the Regular Army as the 138th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized in August 1907 at Fort Mott, New J ersey. Redesignated in August I 916 as the 1st Company, Fort Mills [Philippine Islands]. Redesignated 31 August I 917 as the 1st Comp any, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 J une 1922 as the I 38th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Inactivated 18 December 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery C, 43d Coast Artillery. Disbanded 14 .June I 944.

Reconstituted 28 J u ne 1950 in the Regular Army; concu rrently consolidated with Battery A, 6lst Field Arti llery Battalio n (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 6lst Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry ,Pivision. Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 43d Artillery (organic clements concurrently constituted ). Battalion activated 1 September I 958 at Redmond, Washington. Inactivated 25 Ma rch 1966 at Tu rner Air Force Base, Georgia. Redesignated l September 197 1 as the 2d Missile Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 61 st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the lst Cavalry Divisio n. Activated 3 January 1941 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTlClPAT lON CREDIT World War I

St. Mihicl Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 19 18

World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Central Europe Central Pacific Guadalcanal Northern Solomons

*New Guinea *Bismarck Archipelago *l.eyte (with arrowhead) *Luzon

Korea11 War *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervemion *First UN counteroffe nsive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winter

Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter

Korea, summer 1953


DECORATIONS

Presidentia l Unit Citat ion (Army), Streamer em b r o idered GUADALCANAL

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NAM RI VER

*Presiden tial U nit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAKCHON, KOREA (6 1st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 33, 1952)

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered! wONJUJtWACHON

Navy U nit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM *Philippine Pt·esidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered

17 OCTOBER l 944To 4 J ULY 19.45 (61st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAECWAN-TAECU (6 l st f ield Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 195 1)

*Ch rysso un Ar istion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embro idered KOREA (6 1st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1956)


3d BATIALION, 43d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (inactive)

LtNEAG I.!:

Organized 5 August 1916 in the Regu lar Army at Fort Mill s, Philippine lslands, as the Fort Command Company, Fort Mills. Redesig nated in December 1916 as the 17th Company, Fort Mi lls [Philippine Islands). Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 17th Company, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the l87th Company, Coast Anillery Corps. Inactivated J 8 December 1922 a t Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery F, 43d Coast Artillery. Disbanded l4June 1944.

Reconstituted 28J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 64th Fie ld Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEx) ,

and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 64th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 February 1_957 in Hawaii and relieved from assig nment to the 25th Infantry DiviSIOn.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion , 43d Artille ry (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated I September 1958 at Lumberton, New J ersey. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 43d Artillery. Redesignated I September 197 1 as the 3d Bau.alion, 43d Air Defense Anillery. Inactivated 15 September 1974 at Pedt·icktown, New J ersey.

ANNt::X

Constituted 26 August 194 1 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 64th Field Artillery Battalion , an clemen t of the 25th Infantry Division. Activated I October 1941 in Hawaii.

CAM PAIGN P ARTI C II'ATI ON C R EDIT

World Wm· I St. Mihicl Meuse-Argonnc Lorraine 1918

W11rld War !I Normandy Northern France Rhineland Cemral Europe

*Central Pacific *Guadakanal *Nonhcn1 Solomons

New Guinea Bismarck A rchipclago

Lcyte (with arrowhead) *Luzon

Korean War *UN defensive *U N offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring o ffensive *UN summer-fa ll offensive *Second Korean wimer *Kor·ea, summer- fall 1952 *Thir·d Kor·ean wiuter *Korea, summer 1953


0~:CORAT10NS

*Presidential Uni t Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GUA

DALCANAL (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 36, 195 1) *Presidential Uni t Citation (Arm y), Streamer embt·o idered NAM RI VE R

(64th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 49, 1951) Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAKC HON,

KOREA

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WON.J U

HWACHON (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957) *Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroide red PANM U NJOM

(64th Field Artille ry Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957) *Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered

17 O CTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (64th Fie ld Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Preside ntial Unit Citation , Streamer embroidered MASAN- CH l N.JU (64th Field Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 35, 1951)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Uni t Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN -N I (64th Field Artillery Baualion cited; DA GO 19, 1955)


4th BATT ALI ON, 43d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LIN EAGE

Constituted I November 19 17 in the Regular Arm y as Battery C, 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organ ized 11 J an uary 1918 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey.

Redesignated 7 August 19 18 as Battery A, 43d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Inactivated 17 August l 921 at Camp Eustis, Virginia . (Additionally designated l J une 1922 as the 206th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; add itional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery A, 43d Coast Artillery. Disbanded 14 J une 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regula r Army; concurre ntl y consolidated with Battery A, 43d Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 43d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 8th Infan try Division. Activated 17 August 1950 at For t J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 1 August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th In fantry Division.

Redesignated 5 August J 958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Gun Battalion, 43d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 15 September 1958 at Fort Richardson, Alaska . Reorganized and redesignated I March 1959 as the 4 th Missile Battalion, 43d Artillery. Redesignated 15 February 1969 as the 4th Battalio n, 43d Artillery. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 4 th Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

ANN~X

Constitu ted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 43d Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 J a nua ry I 94 1 as Battery A, 43d Field Artillery Battalion. Activated I J une 194 1 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina, as an clement of' the 8th Division (late r redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 October l 945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World Wm· I

*St. Mihiel *Meuse-Argonne *Lorraine 1918

World War II *Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland *Central Europe Cemral Pacific Cuadalcanal Northern Solomons New Guinea

DECORAT IONS

Bisma,·ck A1·chipclago Leyte (wiLI1 arrowhead) Luzon

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention Fil'Sl UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

169

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL

Presidential Unit C itation (Army), Streamer embroidered NAM Rl VER

Presidential U nit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAKCHON, KOREA

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WON.JUHWACHON

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM *Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOU RG

(8th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969) Battery A additionally entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation,

Streamer embroidered ALASKA (Battery A, 4th Missile ~attalion, 43d Artillery, cited; DA GO 27, 1964)


5th BATTALION, 43d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY AR

(inactive) LINEAGE

Organized in February 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfield Scott, Cal ifornia, as Battery B, 43d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 17 August 192 1 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. (Additionally designated I June 1922 as the 2Q7th Company, Coast Ani llery Corps; additional designatio n abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery B, 43d Coast Artillery. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Ballery B, 43d Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 43d Field Artillery Battalion, an clement of the 8th Infantry Division. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 1 August I 957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 30 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 43d Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted tO the Army Reserve, and assigned LO the Second United States Army (organic clements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated I June 1959 with Headquarters at Glass mere, Pennsylvania. Reorgani:tcd and redesignated 1 Apri l 1960 as the 5th I Iowitzer Battalion , 43d Artil lery; location of lleadquarters concurrently changed to New KensingLOn, Pennsylvan ia. Ordered in to active military se rvice 6 October 196 1 at New Kens ington, Pennsylvania; released 15 August 1962 frorn active military service and reverted to reserve status. Relieved I J anuary 1966 from assignment LO the Second United States Army and assigned to the First United States Army. Redesignated 15 J uly 1966 as the 5th Battal ion, 43d Artillery. Inactivated 31 January 1968 at New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Redesignated I September 197 1 as the 5th Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October I 933 in the Regula r Arm y as Battery B, 43d Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 J anuary 1941 as Battery B, 43d Field Artille ry Battalion. Activated I J une 1941 at Fort j ackson, South Carolina, as an element of the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 Ocwber 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.


CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War/

S1. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 191 8

World Wa r II *Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland *Central Europe Cemral Pacific Cuadalcanal Northern Solomons New Guinea Bismarck Archipelago

DECORATIONS

Leytc (with arrowhead) Luzon

Korean Wm· UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervemion First UN coumcroffcnsivc CCF spring offensive UN summer-f;~ll offensive Second Korean wimer Korea. summer-fall 1952 Third Korean wimer Korea, summer 1953

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Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered GUADAL.CANAL

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red NAM RIVER Presidential Unit Citation (Army) , Streamer embroidered 1-'AKCHON,

KOREA Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WON.JU

IIWACHON Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUN.JOM

*Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streame r· embroidered LUXEMBOURC: (8th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969)



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Organized 14 April 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort McKinley, Maine, as the 5th Company, Fort McKinley [Maine].

Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1917 as Battery D, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery D, 5 1st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery D, 43d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Inactivated 17 August 1921 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. (Add itionally designated I J une 1922 as the 208th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February I 924 as Battery D, 43d Coast Artillery. Disbanded 14 june 1944.

Reconstituted 28 j une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 6lst Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX),

and consolidated unit ' designated as Battery B, 61st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division. Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.

Redesignated 31 J uly 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 43d Artillery. Redesign.ated 26 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 43d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 24 J une 1960 at Omaha Air Force Base, Nebraska. Inactivated 25 june 1966 at Omaha Air Force Base, Nebraska. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 6th Missile Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery.

ANN EX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 6 1 st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division. Activated 3 j anuary 1941 at Fort Bliss, Texas.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War!

St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne

*Lorraine 1918

World War /I Normandy Northern France Rhineland Cemral Europe Central Pacific Cuadalc.1nal Northern Solomons

*New Guinea *Bismarck At·chipelago

D ECORATIONS

*Lcyte (with arrowhead) *Luzon

Korean War *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summe•·-fall offensive *Second Korean wimer

Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter

Korea, summer 1953

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*Presidentia l Unit Citatio n (Arm y), Streamer embroide red LUZON (Battery B, 6 l st Field Artillery Battalion, cited; WD GO 38, 1946)

Presidential Unit Citat ion (Army), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NAM RIVER *Presidential Unit Citation (A1·my), Streamer embroidered PAKCHON,

KOREA (6lst Fie ld Artillery Batta lion cited ; DA GO 33, L 952) Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJU

IIWACI ION Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 J ULY 1945 (6 I st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAEGWAN-TAECu (6 l st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

*Chryssou n Aristion Andrias (B ra ve ry Gold Medal of G reece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (6 1 st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1956)

174 All\ DEFENSE ARTILLERY


(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army as the 16th Detachment, 43d Artillery. Activated l September 1958 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 2 July 1962 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 1 September 197 J as the 16th Detachment, 43d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORAT IONS

None.

43D AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BI.BLIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Nahtong, Nm·th to the Yalu. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Contains information about the 61 st and 64th Field Artillery Battalions.

Brigham, Eugene V. "The Artilleryman is the Thing!" Armor 51 (November 1952): 39. Pertains to the 6lst Field Artillery Battalion.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the PhilifJpines. United States Army in World War II . Washington : Government Printing Office, 1954. Contains information about the 6lst Field Artillery Battalion.

Chandler, Rex E. "First Cavalry Division Combat Operations." Armm·ed CavahyJournal56 (May 1947): 20-23. Contains information about the 61st Field Artillery Battalion.

Dall'Acqua, Robert. "Artillery Repulses Chinese Attack." Antiaircraft A?·tille?yJournal94 (March 1951): 12. Pertains to the 61st Field Artillery Battalion.

The Dixie-Golden ArTow Yearbook, Fort Cm-son, Colorado, 1954. Marceline: Walsworth Brothers, 1954. Contains information about the 43d Field Artillery Battalion.

Dupuy, Richard Ernest. With the 57th in France. Brooklyn: Our Army, 1930. Contains in formation about the current 4th Battalion, 43d Air Defense Artillery.

Eighth Infantry Division, A Combat Histmy by Regiments and SfJecial Units. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1946. Contains information about the 43d Field Artillery Battalion.

Eighth Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1953. Contains information about the 43d Field Artillery Battalion.

Grace,James L. A Brief History of the 2nd Battalion, 57thA?·tillery, C.A.C., 31st B1·igade, Anny A1·tille1y, First Army, From july 20th, 19 I 7, to January 15th,


1919. N.p., 1919. Contains information about the current 4th Battalion, 43d Air Defense Arti llery.

Guge lcr, Russell A. Combat Actions in Km·ea. Washington: Combat Forces Press, 1954. Rev. ed. Washington: Government Priming Office, 1970. Contains information about the 64th Field Artillery Battalion.

--- · "The Defense of a Battery Positio n." Combat Fo·rcesj ournal, .::1 U une 1954): 34-37. Pertains to the 64th Field Artillery Battalion.

II eacUJUaTters Battery, 8th Motorized Division A rtille1y, F m·t J acltson, South Cm·olina, 1942. Baton Roug~: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1942. Contains information about the 43d Field Artillery Battalion.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Ar my in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. Contains information about the 6 1 stand 64th Field Artillery Ba ttalions.

Historical Division, War Departme nt. The Admiralties: OfJerations of the 1st Cavahy Division (29 Feb?·u.my-18 May 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. Contains informatio n about the 6lst Field Artillery Battalion.

J ackson, Miles H. , ed. 8th Infantry Golden An·ow Division, Fort GaTson, Colorado, Octobe1· 1955. Dallas: Miller Publish ing Company, 1955. Contains information about the 43d Field Artillery Battalion.

Marshall, S.L.A. The River and the Gauntlet. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1953. Contains information about the 6 1st and 64th Field Artillery Battalions.

Miller, J ohn, jr. Guadalcanal: The Fint Offensive. United States Army in World War II. Washingto n: Governme nt Printing Office, 1949. Contains information about the 64th Field Arti llery Battalion.

---· CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in World War II. Washington : Government Priming Office, 1959. Contains information about the 6 l st and 64th Field Artillery Battal ions.

Pullen, Richard T. , eel . 25th Infantry Division, Tropic Lightning in KoTea. Atlanta: Alber t Love Enterprises, 1954. Contains information about the 64th Field Artillery Battalion.

Wiese, Carl, ed. 8lh lnfant1)1Division, Gy?·oscope 1956. Da llas: Miller Publishing Company, 1956. Contains information about the 43d Field Artillery Battalion.

44th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H E RALDIC I TEMS

CoAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, a bend double cottised potente counterpotente or. Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, a double quatrefoil

or charged with a chameleon displayed paleways barry of four gu les and vert.

Mollo: Per A1·dua (Through Difficulties). Symbolism: The shield is red for artillery with a gold bend cottised

potente counterpotcnte alluding to the anns of Lorraine and Champagne.

The c lements of th is regiment changed severa l times between 1917 and 1918, and the variegated chameleon a lludes to this fact. The double quatrefoil with the chameleon is an anagram of the figure "44".

DrSTINCT I VE I NS IGN IA

The distinctive insignia is the shield , crest, and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND H oNORS

LINEAGE

Organized 26 March 1918 in the Regular Army in France from existing units as the Howitze1· Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesigna ted 7 August 1918 as the 44th Artillery (Coast Arti llery Corps). Inactivated 31 August 192 1 at Camp jackson, South Carolina. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as the 44th Coast Arti llery. Redesignated 13 J anuary 1941 as the 54th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February J 941 at Camp Wallace, Texas. Regiment broken up 28 February-5J unc 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry on 5 .J une 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 152d Coast A rtillcry Group; 1st Battalion on 5 J une 1944 as the 606th Coast Artillery Battalion; 2d Battalion on 28 February 1944 as the 49th Coast Artillery Battalion; 3d Battalion on 5 June 1944 as the 607th Coast Artillery Battalion.

H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, l 52d Coast Artillery Group, disbanded 3 August 1944 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Reconstituted 28June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Field Artillery Group. Activated 17 January 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Redesignated 21 June 1958 as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery , 54th Artillery Group. l11activated

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7 November I 969 in Vietnam. 606th Coast Artillery Baualion disbanded 3 August I 944 at Camp

Livingswn, Louisiana. Reconstituted 28 June I 950 in the Regular Army; concu rrently consolidated with the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX I), and consolidated unit des ignated as the 54th Armored Field Anillery Battal ion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Inactivated I October I 957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division.

49th Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 20 J an uary 1946 in Zambales, Philippine Islands. Consolidated 28 June I 950 with the 49th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated uni t designated as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 j u ly 1957 in Ko1·ea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.

607th Coast Arti lle ry Batta lion disbanded 31 July I 944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 44th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as the 44th Field Artille1·y Battalion, an element of the 4th Infan try Division. Inactivated I April 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division.

Headquaners and Headquarters Battery, 54th Arti llery Group; 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and 49th and 44th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 7 November 1969 as the 44th Artillery, a pare nt regiment unde r the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated l September 197 1 as the 44th Air Defense Artillery.

ANN£X 1 Constilllted 1 Ocwber 1933 in the Regular Army as the 54th Field

Artillery. Redesignated 13 .Jan uary 194 1 as the 54th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 3d Armored Divisio n. Activated 15 Apri ll94 1 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 1 J anuary 1942 as the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. I nactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany. Activated IS J uly 1947 al Fort Knox, Kentucky.

ANNEX 2 Constituted I October 1933 in the Regu lar Army as the 49th Field

Artillery. Redesignated ! .J une 1941 as the 49th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned lO the 7th Division (late r redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Ord, Cal ifornia. Inactivated 20 July 1947 in Korea. Activated 20 March 1949 in J apan.

ANNEX 3 Constituted I October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion,

47th Field Artille ry. Activated I .J une 194 1 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.


Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 1941 as the 44th Field Artillery Batta lio n a nd assigned to the 4th Motorized Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division). Inactivated 18 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Ord, California.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War I

Champagne-Marne St. Mihiel Lorraine 1918 Alsace 1918 Champagne 1918

World War II Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead) Northern Solomons Eastern Mandates Lcyte Ryukyus

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention

DECORATIONS

First UN counteroffensive CCF sp. ing offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer- fall I 952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

lliel1U1111 Counteroffeusive, Phase I I Counteroffensive, Phase Ill Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 59/Counteroffensive Summer- fa ll 1969 Winter~spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counte•·offensive, Phase VII Consolidation I Consolidation II

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEACII ES OF NORMANDY (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 86, 1946)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. LO (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 97, 1946)

Presiden tial Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1967 (1st Battalion, 44th Artillery, cited; DA GO 32, 1973)

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TRI-T II UA THIEN (lst Battalion, 44th Artillery, cited ; DA GO 48, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1967 (Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 54th Artille ry Group, cited ; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968- 1969 (H eadquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 54th Artillery Group, cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1978- 1980 ( l st Battalion , 44th Air Defense Artillery, cited; DA GO 8, 1982)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered v 1 ETNAM 1966-1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 54th Artillery Group, cited; DA GO 5 1, 1971)



(inactive) L INEAGE

Constituted 2 March J 899 in the Regular Army as Battery 0, l st Regimen t of Artille ry. Organized in 1899 at J ackson Barracks, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 12th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 12th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 3 j uly 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort H .G. Wright[New York]. Redesignated 22 j uly 1917 as Battery E, 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February J 9 18 as Battery E, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

Redesignated 26 Ma rch 1918 as the 1st Battery, Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 7 August 19 18 as Battery E, 44th Artille ry (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 31 August 1921 at Camp J ackson, South Carolina. (Additionally designated 1 J une L 922 as the 12th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; adclitional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Batte ry E, 44th Coast Artillery. Redesignated L 3 j anuary 1941 as Battery E, 54th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 Februa ry 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 5 june 1944 as Battery A, 607th Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 31 j uly 1944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 44th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX),

and consol idated unit designated as Battery A, 44th Field Artillery Battalion , an clement of the 4th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 Aprill 957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignme nt to the 4th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, lst Automatic Weapons Battalion, 44th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 in Germany. Inactivated I 0 A ugust 1960 in German y. Redes ignated 30 December 1965 as the 1st Battalion , 44th Artille ry. Activated 1 March 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated J September 197 1 as the 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery. I nactivated 30 j une 1980 in Korea.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery D, 47th Field Arti llery. Activated I J une 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 1941 as Battery A, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, a n element of the 4th Motorized Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division). Inactivated 18 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina. Activated 15 J uly 1947 at Fort Ord, California.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War!

*Champagne-Marne *St. Mihiel *Lorraine 1918 /\ lsace 1918

*Champagne 1918

World War // *Normandy (with arrowhead) *Northern France *Rhineland *Ardenncs-Alsace *Central Em·ope

Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead) Northern Solomons Eastern Mandates Leytc Ryukyus

Km·e<m War UN defensive UN offensive CCF illlcrvention

DECORATIONS

First UN counte1·offensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Vielnam *Counteroffensive, Phase II *Counteroffensive, Phase I I I *Tet Counteroffensive *Coumeroffensive, Phase IV *Com1Le1·offensive, Phase V *Coume roffensive, Phase V l *TeL 69/Counteroffensive *Summer-fall 19()9 *Wimer-spring 1970 *Sanctuary Counten)lfensive *Counteroffensive, Phase VI I *Consolid;~tion I *Consolidation II

181

*Presidential Unit·Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEACHES or NORMANDY (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 86, 1946)

*Presidential Unit Citatio n (A rmy) , Streamer embroidered ST. LO (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 97, 1946)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967 (1st Battalion, 44th Ar ti llery, cited; DA GO 32, 1973)

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TRt-THUA THIEN (1st Batta lion, 44th Artillery, cited; DA GO 48, 1968)

*Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1978- 1980 (1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, cited; DA GO 8, ] 982)

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army fot· action in BELGIUM (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallen try with Palm, Streamer embroidered Vl£TNAM 1971 (1st Battalion, 44th Artillery, cited; DA GO 6, 1974)

Battery A additionally entitled to Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968 (Battery A, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery, cited; DA GO 32, 1973)



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 2 August 1901 in the Regular Army as the 10 1st Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized in 1901 at Fort Totten, New York. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 101st Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 30 june 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Totten [New York]. Redesignated 22 July 1917 as Battery G, 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery G, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

Redesignated 26 March 1918 as the 3d Battery, Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery A, 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 31 August 1921 at Camp J ackson, South Carolina. (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 101 st Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additionaE designation abolished 20 February L 924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery A, 44th Coast Artillery. Redesignated 13 J anuary 1941 as Battery A, 54th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1944 as Battery A, 606th Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 3 August 1944 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Reconstituted 28 j une 1950 in the Regula r Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division.

Redesignated 31 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 44th Artillery, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion inactivated 26 July 1960 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 30 March 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 44th Artillery. Activated 22 june 1962 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma. Inactivated 1 September 1971 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma; concurrently redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery. Activated 13 September 1972 in Korea. Inactivated 30 September 1977 in Korea.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 54th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 January 1941 as Battery A, 54th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Activated l 5 April1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 1 J anuary 1942 as Battery A, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany. Activated15July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wodd War!

*Champagne-Marne *St. Mihicl *Lorraine 19 18

i\lsace 1918 *Champagne 1918

Wodd War II *Normandy *Nonhern France *Rhineland • i\ rclcnnes-Alsace •Central Eut·ope

Aleutian Islands (with arrowheacl) Nonhern Solomons

DECORATIONS

Eastern Mandates Le)•te Ryukyus

Kore<m WCir UN defensive UN offensive CCF imervel1lion First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Kot·ean winter Korea, summer 1953

183

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF NORM AN DY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. LO *Belgian Fourragere 1940 (54th Armored Field Artillery Batta lion

cited; DA GO 43, 1950) *Cited in the Order o f the Day of the Belgian Army for action in

BELGIUM (54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 43, 1950) *Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the

ARDENNES (54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


3d MISSILE BATTALION, 44th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LlNt,:ACE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 10 J uly 1907 in the Regular Army as the 15 I st Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized 5 August 1907 at Fort Revere, Massachusetts. Redesignated.in j uly 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Andrews [Massachusetts]. Redesignated 21 J uly 1917 as Battery I, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery I, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

Redesignated 26 March 1918 as the 5th Battery, Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 7 August 19 18 as Battery C, 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 31 August 1921 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the I 51st Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery C, 44th Coast Artillery. Redesignated 13 January 1941 as Battery C, 54th Coast Artillery. Activated I 0 February 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 28 February 1944 as Battery A, 49th Coast Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 J anuary 1946 in the Philippine Islands. Consolidated 28 j une 1950 with Battery A, 49th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 49th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated I September 1958 at Fairfield, Connecticut. Inactivated 25 March 1961 at Fairfield, Connecticut. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regu lar Army as Battery A, 49th Field Artillery. Redesignated I j une 1941 as Battery A, 49th Field Artillery Battal ion, and activated at Fort Ord, California, as an element of the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th l nfantry Division). Inactivated20 July 1947 in Korea. Activated 20 March 1949 in j apan.



Champagne-Marne *St. Mihiel *Lorraine 1918 *Aisace 1918 Champagne 1918

World War II Normandy (with an-owhead) Northern France Rhineland A rdennes-Aisace Central Europe

*Aleutian Islands (with ar·rowhead) *Nonhern Solomons

DECORATIONS

*Eastern Mandates *Leyte *Ryukym

Korean War *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervemion *First UN couuteroffensive *CCF sprihg offensive *UN summer-fall offeusive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer- fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

185

Presidential Unit Citation (A rmy), Streamer embroidered BEACH ES OF NORMANDY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. LO *Philippine Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embi-oidered

17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 J ULY 1945 (49th Field Artillery Battalion cited; OA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCIION (49th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

*Republ ic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953 (49th Field Artillery Battalion _cited; OA GO 22, 1956)

*Republic of Korea Preside ntia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1947, 1953-1957 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 197 1)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Organized 12 April 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Totten, New York, as the 6th Company, Fort Totten [New York}. Redesignated 22 J uly 1917 as Battery H, 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery H, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

Redesignated 26 March 1918 as the 4th Battery, Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery B, 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Inactivated 31 August 1921 at Camp j ackson, South Carolina. (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 214th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery B, 44th Coast Artillery. Redesignated 13 January 1941 as Battery B, 54th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 5 J une 1944 as Battery B, 606th Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 3 August 1944 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 10 J anuary 1966 as the 4th Battalion, 44th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Korea.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October L 933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 54th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 January 1941 as Battery B, 54th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1942 as Battery B, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

LINEAGES A N D HERALDIC DATA

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPAT ION CREDIT Eastern Mandates Leyte Ryukyus

World Wm· f *Champagne-Marne *St. Mihicl *Lorraine 1918 Korean War

Alsace 1918 *Champagne 1918

World Wm· /1 *Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland *Ardennes-A lsace *Cemr;1l Europe

Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead) Northern Solomons

DECORAT IONS

UN defensive UN offensive CCF inte rvention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

187

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streame r embroidered 13 EACHES Of NORMAN DY

Presidentia l U nit Citation (Army), Streame r embroide red ST. LO *Belgian Fourragere 1940 (54th Armored Fie ld Artille r y Ba tta lion

cited; DA GO 4 3, 1950) *Cited in the Orde r of the Day of the Belgian Army for actio n in

BELG IUM (54th Armored Field Artille ry Batta lio n cited; DA GO 4 3, 1950) *Cited in the Order oftbc Day of the Belgian Army for action in the

ARDENNES (54 th Armored Fie ld Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



Ll l EAGE

RA (inactive)

Organized 5 July 19 17 in the Regular Army at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, as the 21st Company, Fort Mills [Philippine Islands]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 21st Company, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the l9lst Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Batte ry D, 44th Coast Artillery, a nd inactivated in the Philippine Islands. Redesignated 13 J anuary 194 1 as Battery D, 54th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 28 Februar y 1944 as Battery B, 49th Coast Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 J an uary 1946 in the Phil ippine Islands. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery B, 49th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 49th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 4 April 1960 as H eadquarters and Headquarte rs Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 18 April 1960 at Schilling Air Force Base, Ka nsas. Inactivated 26 J une 1960 at Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 5th Missile Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted J October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 49th Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 J une 1941 as Battery B, 49th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Ore! , Califo rnia, as an ele ment of the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division). l nactivateci20 July 1947 in Korea. Activated 20 March 1949 injapan.

t i NEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA

CAMPAIGN P ARTI CIPATION CREDIT World War/

Champagne-Marne St. Mihicl

*Easteru Mandates *Leyte *Ryukyus

Lorraine 1918 Alsace 1918 Champagne 1918

Korean War

World War// Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe

*Aleutian Islands (with arrowhe<td) *Northern Solomons

DECORATIONS

*UN defensive *UN oiTensive *CCF intervention *First UN coulllcrolTensivc *CCF spriug offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Kore;m wiutcr *Kor·ea, summer 1953

189

Presidentia l Un it Citatio n (Army), Streamer embroidered l3EAC II ES OF NORMANDY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer cmbmidered sT. LO *Phi lippine Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer emb1·oidcred

17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 J U LY 1945 (49th f ield Arti lle ry Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Uni t Citatio n , Streame r embroidered INCHON (49th Field Artille ry Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 195 .1)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950- 1953 (49th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 22, 1956)

*Rep ublic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1947, 1953-1957 (7th In fantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Organized 8 J une 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Schuyler, New York, as the 2d Company, Fort Schuyler [New York]. Redesignated 22 J uly 1917 as Battery F, 7th Provisional Regiment , Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery F, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) .

Redesignated 26 March 1918 as the 2d Battery, Howitzer Regiment, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery F, 44th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 31 August 1921 at Camp J ackson, South Carolina. (Additionally designated 1 J une 1922 as the 215th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery F, 44th Coast Artillery. Redesignated 13 J anuary 1941 as Battery F, 54th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Wallace, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 5 J une 1944 as Battery B, 607th Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 31 J uly 1944 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, a n element of the 4th Infan try Division. Inactivated 1 Aprill957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 30 March 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 J uly 1962 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 10 J anuary 1966 as the 6th Battalion, 44th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Korea.

ANNEX Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery E,

47th Field Artillery. Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 194 1 as Battery B,

44th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 4th Motorized Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division). Inactivated 18 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina. Activated 15 J uly 1947 at Fort Ord, California.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War/

*Champagne-Marne Eastern Mandates Lcyte Ryukyus *St. Mihiel

*Lorraine 1918 Korean War Alsacc 1918

*Champagne 1918

World War II *Norn1audy (with arrowhe:1d) *Northern France *Rhineland *A rdcn nes-A lsace *Central Europe Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead) Northern Solomons

DECORATIONS

UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Thit·d Korean wimer Korea, summer 1953

19 1

*Presidential Unit Cita tion (Army), Streamer embroide red BEACHES or NORM ANDY (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 86, 1946)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. LO (44th Field Artille ry Battalion cited; WD GO 97, 1946)

*Belgia n Fourragere 1940 (44th Field Artillery Battalio n cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian At·my for action in the ARDENNES (44th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



AR (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 1 Octo ber 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 54th Fie ld Artillery. Redes ignated 13 J a nuary 194 1 as Batte ry C, 54th Field Ar tillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Ar mored Division . Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard , Lo uisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 1 J anuary 1942 as Battery C, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion . I nactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany. Activated 15 J uly 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germa ny and relieved from assign men t to the 3d Armored Division.

Redesignated 13 December 1959 as the 12th Detachment , 44th Artillery; concurren tly withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the First United States Army. Activated l February 1960 at Waterbury, Connecticu t. Inactivated 1 March 1963 at Waterbury, Co nnectic u t. Re d esignated 1 Septem ber 1971 as t he 12th Detachment, 44th Air De fense Artillery.

CAMPA IGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT World War 11-EAMR

Normand)' Northern France Rhineland 1\rdcnncs-Aisacc Ccmral l!:u rope

DECORAT IONS

Belg ia n Fourragere 1940 (54 th Armo red Field Ar tillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the O rder of the Day of the Belgian Army fo r action in BELGIUM (54th Armored Field Ar tillery Battalio n cited ; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belg ian Army for action in the ARDE NNES (54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 43, 1950)



LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army as the 16th Detachment, 44th Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 12 February 1959 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 44th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAI GN PARTICIPATION CRJ::l) IT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

44TH Am. DEFENSE AKriLLERY BmuOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Nalttong, North to the Yalu .. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Contains information about the 44th Field Artillery Battalion.

Berry, EdwardS. "From the Seine to the Siegfried Line." A1'mored Cavaby jour-n.al 59 Oanuary 1950): 35- 41. Contains information about the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Blumenson, Martin. Br·eakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Contains information about the 44th Fie ld Arti llery Battalion and the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: T!te Retum to the PhilijJpines. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. Contains information about the 49th Field Artillery Battalion.

The Captu·re of Attu. Washington : Infantry J ournal Press, 1944. Contains information about the 49th Field Artillery Battalion.

Crowl, Philip A., and Edmund G. Love. Seiz.ttr·e of the Gilber·ts andMar·shalls. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1955. Contains information about the 49th Field Artillery Battalion.

Dupuy, Richard Ernest. "Parker's Crossroads." Infantry journal 62 (Apri l 1948): 14-16. Pertains to the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Falls, Bruce F. , et al. The Seventh Division in Korea. Tokyo: FEC Printing Plant, 1948. Contains information about the 44th Field Artillery Battalion.

54th Armorecl Field Ar·tiller)' Battalion. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1950.

4th Division ATtillery. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1946. Contains information about the 44th Field Artillery Battalion.


Harrison, Gordon A. C1·oss-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 195 1. Contains information about the 44th Field Artillery Battalion.

Historical Division, War Department. Utah Beach to CherboU'rg (6 j une-27 j une 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 194 7. Contains information abou l the 44th Field Artillery Battalion.

Hurlbut, H . The Saga of Battery "B," 54th Arnzo1·ed Field Artillery Battalion. N.p. 1945.

Kimmel, Irving, ed. 3rd Armored Division, "Spem·head," Fm·t Knox, Kentucky. Dallas: Miller Publishing Company, 1956. Contains information about the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Powers, Patrick W. "Every Pershing in the Pickle Barrel." Army Infonnation Digest 19 (February 1964): J-13. Pertains to the 2d Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery.

Public Information Office, 7th Infantry Division. The Bayonet, the History of the 7th Infantry Division in Km·ea. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1953. Contains information about the 49th Field Artillery Battalion.

7th infantry Divis.ion in Korea. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1954. Contains information about the 49th Field Artillery Battalion.

67th Armor-ed FA Bn, 54th Anno1·ed FA Bn, 391st Arnzored FA Bn, Camp Polk, 1942. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1942.

Thi·rd Annored Division, Basic Training. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1950 . Conta ins information about the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Thi1·d Armored Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1948. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1948. Contains information about the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Waring, Paul C., ed. History of the 7thlnfantry(Bayonet) Division. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1967. Contains information about the 49th Field Artillery Battalion.


COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per sal tire or an.d gules a caterpi llar bend wise passant vert. Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, a lion's face gu les

jessant-de-lis or. Motto: Fire for Effect. Symbolism: The colors, red and yellow, are for artillery. The shield is

taken from the arms of the former 5 1st Field Artillery Battalion; the caterpillar and crest are from the coat of arms of the 5 1st Coast Artillery Battalion. They represent descent from those organizations. The caterpillar is symbolic of the tractor.

The lion's face on the crest represents the initial war service of an element of the regiment- the War of 1812-and the Aeur-de-lis is for service in France.

DISTINCTIVE l NSIC l A

The d istinctive insignia is the shield and mouo of the coat of anns.

L I NEAGE AND HONORS

LINEAGE

Constituted 6 july 19 17 in the Regular Army as the 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized 21 july 1917 at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as the 51st Artillery (Coast Arti lle ry Corps). (2d Battal ion inactivated 1 August 1922 at Camp Eustis, Virginia.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as the 51st Coast Artillery. Inactivated ll March 1930 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Activated 16 March 1·942 at San J uan, Puerto Rico. Regiment broken up 1 june 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as fo llows: Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 145th Coast Artillery Group; 1st and 2d Battalions as the 51st and 52d Coast Artillery Battalions, respectively.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, !45th Coast Artillery Group, disbanded 28 February 1946 at PorL of Spain, Trinidad. Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 51st Field Artillery Group. Activated 17 J anuary 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 22 August 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

51st Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 28 February 1946 at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Reconstitu ted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army; con-

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currently consolidated with the 51st Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX I ), and consolidated unit designated as the 5 1st Field Artillery Battalio n , a n clement of the 6th Infantry Division. Activated 4 October 1950 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Ford Ord, California , and re lieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division.

52d Coast Artillery Battalio n disbanded 28 February 1946 at Port of Spain, Trin idad. Reconstitu ted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (see ANN EX 2), and consolidated unit designated as the 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, ·an clement of the 5th Armored Division . Activated I Septe mber 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas . Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Armored Division.

Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 51st Field Arti llery Group; 5 Lst Field Artillery Battalion; and 47th Armored Field Ar tillery Battalion conso lid a ted , reorganized, a nd redesig nated 3 1 J u ly 1959 as the 51st Artillery, a paren t regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 5 1st Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX 1

Constitu ted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 5 I st Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 Octobe r 1940 as the 5 1st Field Anillery Battalion , assig ned to the 6th Division (later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Inactivated 20 .J u ly 194 7 in Korea.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 47th Field Artille ry. Activated I J une 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorgan ized and redesignated (less 2d Battalio n) 1 September 1942 as the 47th A rmo re d Fie ld Artillery Batta lion a nd ass igned to the 5th Armored Division (2d Battalion concurrently reorganized a nd redesignated as the 44th Field Artillery Battalio n- hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 9 O ctober 1945 at Camp Myles Standish , Massachusetts. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated I J anuary 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION C REDIT World War I

St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918

World War II American Theater, Streamer

wit hout inscription

DECO RATIONS

None.

Normandy orthern France

Rhineland A rdennes- Alsacc Central Europe Luzon (with arrowhead)


lst BATT ALI ON, 51st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (7th Infantry Division)

Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as a company in the Regiment of Light Artillery. Organized in 1808 at Fort Preble, Maine, as Capt. Joseph Chandler's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 20 April1809 as Capt. Thomas Pitts' Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 1813 as Capt. Benjamin Branch's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 1815 as Capt. John N. Mcintosh's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in April1815 as Capt. Andrew McDowell's Company of Light Artille ry, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 1816 as Company A, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company A, 1st Regimentof Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the lst Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 1st Company, Coast Arti llery Corps. Redesignated in 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort McKinley [Maine).

Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1917 as Battery A, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 Februa1·y 1918 as Battery A, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . (Additionally designated 1 J une 1922 as the 1st Company, Coast Arti llery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery A, 51st Coast Artillery. Inactivated 11 March 1930 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Activated 16 March 1942 in Puerto Rico.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1944 as Battery A, 51st Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 28 February 1946 at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 5 1st Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated uni t designated as Battery A, 51 sl Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 6th Infantry Division. Activated 4 October 1950 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 5 1st Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Plainville., Connecticu t. Inactivated 25 March 1961 at Plainville, Connecticut. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the l st Missile Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the lst Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery, and activated at Highlands, New .Jersey. Inactivated 4 June 1973 at Highlands, New J ersey. Assigned 2 J December 1975 to the 7th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Ord, California.


ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 51 sl Field Artillery. Redesignated I October 1940 as Battery A, 51st Field Artillery Battalion, a nd activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as am element or the 6th Division (later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 July 1947 in Korea.


*Canada

l11dia11 Wars *Seminoles

Civil War *Mississippi Rive•· *Florida 1861 *Florida 1862 *Louisiana 1864

DECO RATIONS

World War I *St. Mihicl

Meuse-Argonne *Lorraine 1918

World War II *American Theater, Streame•·

without inscription Normandy Northern Fn111ce Rhineiand Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

*Luzon (with arrowhead)

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 ocTOBER 1944 TO 4 J U LY 1945 (6th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


2d BATTALION, 5 1st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(nondivisional) LINEAGE

Constituted 14 August 1901 in the Regular Army as the 109th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized 3 September 1901 at Fort Greble, Rhode Island. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 109th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Greble [Rhode Island).

Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1917 as Battery B, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 19 18 as Battery B, 5 1st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionall y designated I june J 922 as the 109th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additiona l designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 Febru ary 1924 as Batte ry B, 51st Coast Arti llery. Inactivated 11 March 1930 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Activated 16 March J 942 in Puerto Rico.

Reorganized and redesignated l June 1944 as Battery B, 51st Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 28 February 1946 at Pon of Spain, T rinidad. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 5 1st Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX),

and consol idated unit designated as Battery B, 51st Field Artillery Batta lion, an element of the 6th Infantry Division . Activated 4 October 1950 at. Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fon Ord, California, and relieved from assignment LO the 6th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile BaLtalion, 5 1st Artillery (organic clements concurrently constituted). Battal ion activated 1 Septembet· 1958 at San Francisco, Californ ia. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 2d Battalion, 5 1st Ar tillery. Inactivated 30 june 1971 at Fort Baker, Cal ifornia. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 5 1st Air Defense Artillery. Activated 1 Septembet· 1978 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 51st Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery B, 5 1st Field Artillery Battalion , and activated at Fort Sill , Oklahoma, as an element of the 6th Division (later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 July 1947 in Korea.

CA!\ II'A I CN PARTlC lPATIO

Ill odd \Var I *St. Mihiel

t>lcuse-A rgonnc *Lorraine 19 .18

World Wm· IJ *American Theater, Streamer

without inscripLion

CREDIT

Normandy Northern France Rhineland A rdennes-Aisacc CenLra l Europe


200 AIR·DEFENSE ARTILLERY

D ECORATIONS

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (6th Infantry Divisio n cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 14 August 1901 in the Regular Army as the !14th Company, Coast Artille ry, Artillery Corps. Organized 22 August 1901 at Fort Slocum, New York. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 1 1. 4t h Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in J u ly 19 16 as the 3d Company, Fort Wadsworth [New York]. Re des ig nated 22 j ul y 19 17 as Bauery E, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Ar tillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 19 18 as Battery £ , 53d Artille ry (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 26 March 1918 as the 7th Battery, Howitzer Regimen t, 30th Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 6 August 1918 as Battery E, 51st Artille ry (Coast Arti ll ery Corps) . (Additionally designated l J une 1922 as the I 14th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Inactivated I August 1922 at Camp Eustis, Virginia. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery E, 5 1st Coast Artille t-y.

Consolidated 12 August 1958 with Battery C, 5 1st Field Artillery Battalio n (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missil e Battalion , 5 1st Artillery (organi.c clements concurren lly constitu ted) . Battalion activated l Septembet· 1958 at Fort Tilden, New Yo rk. Redesig nated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 5 1st Artillery. Redesignated I September 197 l as the 3d Battalion, 5 1st Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at H ighlands, New J ersey.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 5 1st Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery C, 51st Field Arti llery Battalion, and activated at For t Sill , Oklahoma, as an element of the 6th Division (later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Divisio n). Inactivated 20 J uly 1947 in Korea. Activated 40ctobel" 1950 at For t Ord, Californ ia. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, Califo rnia, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Infantry Divisio n.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRED IT World War/

*St. Mihiel *Meuse-Argonnc Lorraine I H 18

World War II American Theater, Streamet·

without insc ription

'onnandy Northern France Rhineland A t·dc nncs-A lsa<"e Central Europe

*Luzon (wi th arrowhead)


DECOl~ATIONS

*Philippine Presidential Unit C itation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (6th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


4th MISSILE BATTALION, 51st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constitu ted IOJuly 1907 in the Regular Army as the 153d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized in 1907 at Fort Andrews, Massachusetts. Redesignated 30 J une 1916 as the 3d Company, Fort Andrews [Massachusetts).

Reorganized and redesignated 2 1 July 1917 as Battery L, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery L, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 6 August 1918 as Battery C, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 153d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designatio n abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesigna ted 20 February 1924 as Battery C, 51st Coast Artillery. Inactivated l l March 1930 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Activated 16 March 1942 in Puerto Rico.

Reorganized and redesignated l J une 1944 as Batte1·y A, 52d Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 28 February 1946 at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Armored Division. Activated 1 September 1950 at Cam p Chaffee, Arkansas. I nactivated 16 March 1956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, a nd relieved from assignment to the 5th Armored Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 51st Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September J 958 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Inactivated 26 J uly 1960 at Fort Monroe, Virgin ia. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 4th Missi le Battalion, 5 1st Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constitu ted 1 October 193 3 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 47 th Field Artillery. Activated 1 J unc 194 1 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated I September 1942 as Battery A, 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Armored Division. l nactivated 9 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated 6 J uly 1948 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 1 J anuary 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.

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CAMPAIGN P A RT I C IPAT I ON CREDIT

World War/ *St. Mihicl

Mcuse-Argonne *Lorraine 19 18

World War II *American T heater, Streamer

without inscription

D ECORATIONS

AIR DEFENSE A RT ILLERY

*Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland *Ardcnncs-Aisace *Ccntr:1l Europe

Luzon

*Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG

(47th Armored Field Artille ry Battalion cited ; DA GO 44, 1951)


5th BATTALION, 51st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

AR (inactive)

LI NEAGE

Organized 3 1 October 1916 in the Regular Army at Fort A ndrews, Massachusetts, as the 4th Company, Fort Andrews [Massachusetts].

Reorganized and redesignated 2 1 July 19 17 as Battery M, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery M, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 6 August 1918 as Battery D, 51st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 22lst Company, Coast Artille•·y Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1 924.) Inactivated 1 August 1922 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery D, 51st Coast Artillery. Activated 1 May 1942 at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J une 1944 as Battery B, 52d Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 28 February 1946 at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (see ANN Ex), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Armored Division. Activated 1 September 1950 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Armored Division.

Redesignated 30 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 51st Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the First United States Army (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 8 August 1959 with Headquarters at Fort T ilden, New York. Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1960 as the 5th Howitzer Battalion, 51st Artillery. Redesignated 1 May 1964 as the 5th Battalion, 51st Artillery. Inactivated 1 September 1971 at Fort T ilden, New York; concurrently redesignated as the 5th Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 47th Field Artillery. Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1942 as Battery B, 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Armored Division. Inactivated 9 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 1 J anuary 1950 at Camp Chaffee·, Arkansas.

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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World Wm·/

*St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne

*Lorraine 1918

World War II *American Theater, Strcamc1·

without inscription

DECORATIONS


*Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland * Ardennes-Aisacc *Central Europe

Lm:on

*Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 44, 1951)

51sT AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY Britton, Ray D., ed. Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, Home of the Fifth Arrnm·ed

Division. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1952. Contains information about the 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Carlson, Raymond. "Howitzer Firing with Kentucky Windage" [battle of Munoz, Philippine Islands]. Field Artillery journal 35 (October 1945): 609-13. Contains information about the 5 1st Field Artillery Battalion.

Division A'rtillery, 5th Armored Division, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1951. Contains information about the 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Dyer, Frederick. " 1st Regiment of Artillery." A ComjJendium of the Wa1· of the Wm· of the Rebellion. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Contains information about the present 1st Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery.

Haskin, William Lawrence. "The First Regiment of Artillery, 1821- 1876." The Army of the United States. Edited by Theophilus F. Roden bough and William L. Haskin, 301.-11. New York: Maynard, Merrill and Company, 1896. Originally published in.J ournal of the Military Service Institution of the United States 15 (1894): 1321-31. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery.

---. The History of the First Regiment of Artillery; From Organization in 1821 to january 1st, 1876. Portland, Maine: B. T hurston and Company, 1879. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the PhilijJj)ines. United States Army in World War II . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953. Contains information about the 51st Field Artillery Battalion.

Sprague, John T. The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida Wa1·. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848. Reprint. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1964. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 51st Air Defense Artillery.

The Victmy in Training. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949. Contains information about the 47th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

52d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, a bend potenle or. C1·est: On a wreath ' of the colors, or and gu les, a locomotive

affrontc gu les, charged with the number "52" or. Motto: Semper Paratus (Always Prepared) . Symbolism: The shield is red for artillery. T he gold potente bend is an

adaptation of the cottised bend on the arms of Champagne.

The cresl alludes to service in France during World War I.

DISTI NCTIVE I NSI GN I A

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

L l.NEAGI:: AND H ONORS

LI NEAGE

Organized 22 J uly 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Adams, Rhode Island , as the 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as the 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (3d Battalion inactivated 16 May 192 1 at Fo rt Eustis, Virginia; activated 18 Augustl921 atFortEustis, Virginia.lstBattalioninactivated 1 August 1922 at Fort Eustis, Virginia.) Redesignated 20 February i 924 as the 52d Coast Artillery. (Battery D inactivated I November 1938 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Battery F inactivated 1 February J 940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Batteries D and F activated 8 J anuary 1941 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. 1st Battalion activated I June 194 1 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey.) Regiment broken up 1 May 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as fo llows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery disbanded at Fort Hancock, New J ersey; 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions as the 286th, 287th, and 288th Coast Artillery Battalions, respectively (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 288th Coast Artillery Battalion, concurre ntly inactivated at Fort Hancock, New J ersey).

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Coast Artillery, reconstitu ted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 52d Field Artillery Group. Activated 18 J anuary 1952 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Artillery Group. Inactivated 30 June 197 1 at Fort Si ll, Oklahoma.

286th Coast Artillery Batta lion reorganized and r ed es ignated 30 August 1944 as the 538th Field Arti ll ery Batta lion. I nactivated 14 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated

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3 1 December J 946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 30 May 1947 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 22 March 195 1 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Inactivated .I june 1958 in Germany.

287th Coast Artillery Battalion converted and redesignated 30 August 1944 as the 539th Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 28 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated 31 December 1946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 30 May 1947 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 18 March 1955 in japan. Inactivated 25 March 1956 in J apan. .

288th Coast Artillery Battal ion inactivated J 8 April 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Disbanded 14June 1944. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 52d Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 52d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 24th Infantry Division. Inactivated 5 j une 1958 and relieved from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Artillery Croup, and 53 8th, 53 9th , and 52d Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 30 June 197 J as the 52d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimenta l System. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 52d Air Defense Arti llery.

ANNEX

Constituted l October J 933 in the Regular Army as the 52d Field Artillery. Redesignated 26 August 1941 as the 52d Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division. Activated 1 October 1941 at Schofield Barracks, Hawai i.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT W01M W11r I

Champag••e-Marne St. Mihicl Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 Lorr<tine 1918

World War II Central Europe Central Pacific New Guinea (with anowhead) Leytc Luzon Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

Korecm 1\fnr UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive

DECORATIONS

CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winte•· Korea, summer 1953

\lie/110111 Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase II Counteroffensive, Phase Ill Tet Counteroffensive Coumeroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI TeL 69/CounLeroffensive Summer- fall 1969 Winter- spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive CoumerofTcnsive, Phase VII

Presidential Unit Citation (Arm y), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (24th 'Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, 1950)


Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered OAK TO- BEN HET

(Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Artillery Group, cited; DA GO 48, 1971)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered FLORIDA

1962- 1963 (2d Missile Battalion [less Batte ry B), 52d Artillery, cited; DA GO 33, 1963)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIET AM

1966-1969 (H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Artillery Group, cited; DA GO 36, 1970)


1st MISSILE BATTALION, 52d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 10 July 1907 in the Regular Army as the 134th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized in 1907 at Fort Michie, New York. Redesignated in july 1916 as the lst Company, Fort H . G. Wright [New York).

Reorganized and redesignated 22 J uly 1917 as Battery A, 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery A, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the !34th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; addi tional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Inactivated I August 1922 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery A, 52d Coast Artillery. Activated I J une 1941 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1943 as Battery A, 286th Coast Artillery Battalion. Converted and redesignated 30 August 1944 as Battery A, 538th Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 14 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated 31 December 1946 on Luzon, Phili ppine Islands. Inactivated 30 May 194 7 on Luzon , Philippine Islands. Activated 22 March L 95 1 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 52d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Camp Hanford, Washington. I nactivated 23 December l 960 at Camp Hanford, Washington. Redesignated J September 1971 as the 1st Missile Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT

World War I Champagne-Marne

*St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 Lorraine 1918

World War II *Cenu·al Europe Central Pacific New Guinea (with arrowhead) Leyte Luzon

D ECORATIONS

Southern Philippines (with anowhead)

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea , summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF

K O REA


2d BATTALION, 52d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (nondivisional)

LINEAGE

Organized I April 19 17 in the Regular Army at Fort Terry, New York, as the 6th Company, Fort Terry [New York].

Reorganized and redesignated 22 J uly 1917 as Battery B, 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery B, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated I j une 1922 as the 225th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Inactivated 1 August 1922 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery B, 52d Coast Artillery. Activated 1 J une 1941 at Fort Hancock, New j ersey.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1943 as Battery B, 286th Coast Artillery Battalion. Converted and redesignated 30 August 1944 as Battery B, 538th Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 14 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated 31 December 1946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 30 May 1947 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 22 March 1951 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Inactivated I June 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 26 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 52d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 15 April 1959 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 2d Battalion, 52d Artillery. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPAT ION CREDIT

World War I Champagne-Marne

*St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 Lorraine 19 18

World War II *Central Europe Central Pacific New Guinea (with aiTowhcad) Lcyte Luzon

D £CORATIONS

Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

Korea11 War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE

OF KOREA

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered FLORIDA

1962-1963 (2d Missile Battalion [less Battery B], 52d Artillery, cited; DA GO 33, 1963)


3d MISSILE BATT ALI ON, 52d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 28 February 190 I in the Regular Army as the 88th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized in 1901 at Fort T rumbu ll , Connecticut. Redesignated 2 Februa t·y 1907 as the 88th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in july 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Terry [New York).

Reorganized and redesignated 22 July 1917 as Battery C, 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 19 18 as Battery C, 52d Artillery (Coast Arti llery Corps). (Additionally designated 1 june 1922 as the 88th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February I 924 as Battery C, 52d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated l May 1943 as Battery A, 287th Coast Artillery Battalion. Converted and redesignated 30 August 1944 as Battery A, 539th Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 28 December I 945 at Camp Myles Standish , Massachusetts. Activated 3 1 December 1946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 30 March 194 7 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 18 March 1955 in Japan. Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 52d Artillery (organic clements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1958 at Squantum, Massachusetts. Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Quincy, Massachusetts. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 3d Missile Battal ion, 52d Air Defense Artillery.

CAM PAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

\Vol'id IVar I Champagne-Marne

*St. Mihiel *Meuse-Argonne Champagne I 918 Lorraine 1918

World War II Ccmral Europe Cem ra I Paci f·ic New Guinea (with arrowhead) Leyte

D t::CORAT I ONS

Luzon Southern Philippines (with <trrowhead)

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN countcroiTensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer I 953

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red DEFI::NSI::

OF I<OREA



213

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Organized 1 April 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort H. G. Wright, New York, as the 6th Company, Fort H. G. Wright [New York).

Reorganized and redesignated 22 July 1917 as Battery D, 7th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery D, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 226th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery D, 52d Coast Artillery. Inactivated I November I 938 at Fort Monroe, Virginia . Activated 8 January 1941 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May I 943 as Battery B, 287th Coast Artillery Battalion. Converted and redesignated 30 August 1944 as Battery B, 539th Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 28 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Activated 31 December I 946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 30 March 1947 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 18 March 1955 in Japan. Inactivated 25 March 1956 in J apan.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 52d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1958 at Chicago, Illinois. Inactivated 24 j une 1960 at Chicago, Illinois. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 52d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTiCIPATION CREDIT World War 1

Champagne-Marne *St. Mihiel *Meuse-Argonne Champagne 1918 Lorntine 1918

World War II Central Europe Cemral Pacific New Guinea (with arrowhead) Leyte Luzon

DECORATIONS

Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

K01w n W<tr UN defensive UN offensive CCF inte rvention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second l<o•·ean winter Ko•·ca, summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE Of KOREA


5th BATT ALI ON, 52d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (24th In fantry Division)

LINEAGE

Organized 6 J uly 1916 in the Regular Army at Fort Washington, Maryland, as the 1st Company, Fort Washington [Maryland).

Reorganized and redesignated 6 J uly 1917 as Battery I, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery I , 53d Arti ller y (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 15 J uly 1918 as Battery E, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 16 May 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Activated 18 August 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. (Additionally designated 1 j une 1922 as the 227th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; addi tional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery E, 52d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1943 as Battery A, 285th Coast Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 5 May 1944 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Disbanded 14June 1944. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regula r Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 52d Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated un it. designated as Battery A, 52d Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 24th Infantry Division. Inactivated 5 June 1958 and relieved from assignme nt to the 24th Infantry Division.

Redesignated I 8 May 1959 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 52d Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve (organic elements concurrently constituted). Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 52d Air Defense Arti llery. Redesignated 2 I December 1975 as the 5th Battalion , 52d Air Defense Artillery; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Rese1·ve, allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 24th In fantry Division , and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia .

ANNEX

Constituted I October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 52d Field Artillery. Redesignated26 August 194 1 as Battery A, 52d Field Artillery Battalion, a n element of the 24th J nfantry Division. Activated 1 October 194 I at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.



•Champagne-Marne *Luzon *Southern Philippiues (with arrow head)

St. Mihiel *Meuse-A•·gonne *Champagne 19 18 *Lorraine 19 18

Korean War

World War II Cemral Europe

*Central Pacific *New Guinea (with arrowhead) *Leyte

DECORATIONS

~'UN defeusivc *UN offensive *CCF intcrvcntiou *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

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*Presidential U nit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red DEFENSE OF KOREA (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, J 950)

*Ph ilippin e Preside nti a l U ni t Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4JULY 1945 (52d Field Artille ry Batlalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Preside ntial Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONGTAEK (52d Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 195 1)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroiqe red KOREA 1952-1953 (52d Fie ld Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 24, 1954)

216 AlR DEFENSE ARTILLERY


(nondivisional)

Organized 1 J une 19 17 in the Regular Army at Fort WashingLOn, Maryland, as the ~kl Company, Fort Washington [Maryland].

Reorganized and red esignated 17 J u ly I 9 17 as Battery 1<, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 Febn1ary l 918 as Battery K, 53d A•·tillcry (Coast Arti llery Corps). Redesignated 15 J uly I 9 18 as Bauery F, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Inactivated 16 May I 921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. Activated 18 August 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. (Additionally designated !.J une 1922 as the 229th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February J 924 as Battery F, 52d Coast Artillery. Inactivated I February 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virgin ia. Activated 8 .Januat·y 1941 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey.

Reorganized and redesignated I May 1943 as B<.tlle ry A, 288th Coast Artillery Battalion. InaClivated 18 April 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Disbanded 14 J une 1944. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrentl y consolidated with Battery B, 52d Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNt-:x), and consolidated unit d esignated as Battery B, 52d Field Artillery Battalion, an element or the 24th Infantry Division . Inactivated 5 .June 1958 and relieved from assignment to the 24th l n£~111-t ry Division .

Redesignated I November 1960 as Headquarters and H eadquarters ilatlcry , 6th Missile Battalio n , 52cl Artillery (organ ic clements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 17 November 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 6th Ballalion, 52d Artillery. Redesignated I September I 97 1 as the 6th Bawtlion, 52d Air Defense Artillery.

ANN EX

Constituted I October .1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 52d Field Artillery. Redesignated 26 August 1941 as Baucry B, 52d Field Artillery Battalion, an c lement or the 24th lnf'a n try Divis io n. Activated I October 1941 at Schofield Barracks, Hawai i.

CAMI'/\J(;N PAR'J'ICII'A'J'ION C R EDIT

\Vmltl War/ *( :hant pa!{nc- ~1 arne St. ~lihicl *~lcusc-J\ I'!{UIInc *Champa!{IIC I!) Ill * Lorraine I \Jill

World \\far II Central Europe

*Ct•ntral l'arilir *New (;uinea (wi th arrowhead) * l .eytc

* Luzon *Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

Kmnm Wm *U dclcnsivc *UN of'l'cmiw *C( :F intervcnt ion *Firs! U 1 cmlllleroffcnsivc *C:CF sprin!{ ol'f'ensivc *UN sunuuc:r- f'all oiTc nsivc *Scnllld Korean wi11 tc:r * Korea. summer I !15:1


DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, I 950)

*Phili ppine Presidential Unit C itation, Streamer embroidered 17 ocTOBER 1944 TO 4.JULY I 945 (52d field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered PYONGTA t::K (52d fie ld Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 195 I)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KORt::A 1952-1953 (52d field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 24, 1954)

52D A IR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Contains information about the 52d field Artillery Battalion.

Barth, George B. "The First Days in Korea." Combat For-ces .Joumal 2 (March 1952):21- 24. Contains information about the 52d Field Artillery Battalion.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Retum to the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Contains information about the 52d Field Artillery Battalion.

Ott, David Ewing. Field Artillery, 1954-1973. Vietnam Studies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1975. Contains information about the 52d Artillery Group.

Smith, Robert Ross. The AjJjJ?'Oetch to the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953. Contains information about the 52d Field Artillery Battalion.

Turtle, Lewis. "Field Training of the 52d Coast Artillery (Railway) ." Coast A1·tillery.Joumal75 (1932):325-31.

24th Infantry Division, A BriefHistmy: The Stmy of the 24th Infantry Division's Actions in the Korean Conflict. Tokyo: J apan News, 1954. Contains information about the 52d Field Artillery Battalion.

55th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Crest:

Motto: Symbolism:

Gules, on a pile wavy or, a pine tree eradicated azure, in base two fire arrows point up of the second enflamed proper. On a wreath of the colors, or and gu les, an isosceles triangle of the first, bordure of the second bearing between a pellet from which issues an arrow with double barbs palewise sable and the arabic numerals "55" gu les, a caterpillar fesswise of the last, all conjoined. Vigilantia (Vigilance). Red and yellow are the colors of the artillery branch. The wavy pile alludes to the unit's origin as coast artillery and further suggests service across two oceans, noting that the 55th Air Defense Artillery campaigned in both the European and Pacific theaters. T he fi re arrow, a highly effective artillery weapon of pre-gunpowder days, is an a llusion to

the firepower of present day artillery; the two of them represent participation in both world wars. T he blue pine tree denotes award of the Presidential Unit Citation (Army) to the regimen t fo r the Ardennes campaign of World War II.

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA

The d istinctive insignia is the crest and motto of the coat of arms.

LI NEAGE AND HONORS

LIN EAGE

Constitu ted 1 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 55th Artille ry (Coast Artillery Corps) and organized at Boston, Massachusetts, from existing Regular Army companies and National Guard companies from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. (National Guard companies demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Winfield Scott, California; regiment continued on active status.) (3d Battalion organized 7 J anuary 1922 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii ; inactivated 31 October 1925 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as the 55th Coast Artillery. (3d Battalion activated 22 May 1943 in Hawaii.) Inactivated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Disbanded 14 J une 1944.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 55th Coast Arti llery, recon-

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stituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Bauery , 55th Field Anillery Group.

1st Battalion, 55th Coast Artillery, reconstiLUted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 55th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as the 55th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated 19 J anuary 1952 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Inactivated 25 june 1958 in Ge rmany.

2d Battalion, 55th Coast Artille ry, reconstiLUted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 50th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as the 50th Field Artillery Battalion , an clement of the 5th lnfantt·y Division. Activated I March 195 1 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated I September 1953 at Indiamown Gap Military Rese rvation, Pennsylvania. Activated 25 March 1954 in Germany. Inactivated l June 1957 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division.

3d Battalion, 55th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regulat· Army; concurrently consolidated with the 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as the 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Assigned 25 February 1953 to the 4th Armored Division. Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated I April 1957 at Ford Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 55th Fie ld Artillery Group; 55th and 50th Field Artillery llattalions; and 66th Armored Field Arti llery Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 3 1 Jul y 1959 as the 55th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 55th Air De fe nse Artillery.

ANNEX l

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 55th Field Artillery Battalion. (Battery C activated 3 J anuary 1941 at Fort Myer, Virginia.) Activated (less Baue ry C) 18 June 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 15 Apri l 1946 at Manila, Philippine Islands.

ANNEX 2

ConstitulCd l October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 50th Field Artillery. Redesignated I October 1940 as the 50th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th In fantry Division) , a nd activated at Fort Sheridan, Illi nois. inactivated 20 September 1946atCampCampbell, Kentucky. Activated 15July 1947at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort .Jackson, South Carolina.


ANNEX 3

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 66th Field Artillery and assigned to the 4th Armored Division. Activated 15 April J 94 1 at Pine Camp, New York.

Reorganized and redesig nated 1 J anuary 1942 as the 66th Armored Field Artillery Battal io n . Relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 4th Armored Division; concu rrently con verted and redesignated as the 66th Constabulary Squadron and assigned to the 2d Constabulary Regiment. lnactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany and relieved from assig nment to the 2d Constabulary Regiment; concurrently convened as the 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

CAM PAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wor/(L War I

Aisne-Marnc Oisc-Aisne Meuse-A1·gonne Champagne 1918

Wol'/d War II Normandy No1·thern France Rhineland A1·dennes-Aisacc Cemral Europe Central Pacific New Guinea Luzon

Dt::CORATIONS

Vietnam Tel Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI TeL 69/Countcroffcnsive Summer- fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970 SancLUary Coullleroffcnsivc Counteroffcmive, Phase VII Consolidation I

Presidential Unit Citatio n (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES (4th Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945)


l st BATTALION, 55th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(5th Infantry Division) LIN EAGE

Constituted 28 February l 901 in the Regular Army as the 83d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized 6 April 1901 at Fort Hami lton, New York. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 83d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated30 J une 1916 as the 4th Company, Fort Strong [Massachusetts). Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 8th Company, Coast Defenses of Boston.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1917 as Battery C, 55th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 June 1922 as the 83d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery C, 55th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with J?attery A, 50th Field Artill ery Battalion (see ANNEx), and consol idated unit designated as Battery A, 50th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Infantry Division. Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation , Pennsylvania. Activated 25 March 1954 in Germany. Inactivated 1 june 1957 at Fort C?rd, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Diviswn.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 55th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Totten, New York. Inactivated 26 july 1960 at Fort Totten, New York. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Missile Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 21 December J 975 as the lst Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery, assigned to the 5th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 50th Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery A, 50th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, as an element of the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 15 J uly 1947 at Fortjackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 30 Aprill950 at FortJackson, South Carol ina.

LINEAGES AND H ERALDIC DAT A

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wol"id Wa•·f

*Aisnc-Marne *Oisc-Aisne *Mcusc-Argonne *Champagne 19 18

DECORATIONS

World War II *Normandy *Nonhern France *Rhineland *Ardennes-Alsacc *Central Europe *Central Pacific

New Guinea Luzon

223

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red ARDENNES



LI NEAGL:: (nondivisio nal)

Constituted 6 june J 90 I in the Regula•· Army as the 96th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized 13 June 1901 at Fort Warren, Massachusetts. Redes ign ated 2 February 1907 as the 96th Company, Coast Artille •·y Corps. Redesignated 30 J une 19 16 as the l st Com pany, Fort Revere [Massachusetts]. Redesignated 3 1 August J 917 as the I st Company, Coast Defenses of Boston.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 19 17 as Battery A, 55th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . (Additionally d esignated 30 June 1922 as the 96th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; add itional d esignation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery A, 55th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 3 1 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 55th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNL::x), and consolidated u nit designated as Battery A, 55th Field Artillery Battalio n. Activated I9 J a nuary 1952 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated I 2 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 55th Artil lery (organic elements concurrently constituted) . Battal io n activated I September 1958 at Manchester, Connecticu t. Inactivated 24 December 1964 at Ne"" Bri ta in , Connecticut. Redesignated I September 197 1 as the 2d Missile Batta lio n, 55th Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 2d Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery, a nd activated at For t Bliss, Texas.

ANNL::X

Constitu ted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 55th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated 18 June 1943 at Fo rt Bragg, North Caro lina . Inactivated 15 April I946 at Mani la , Philippine lslands.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC!l'ATION CREDIT World War I

*Aisnc-Marnc *Oisc-Aisnc *Mcusc-Argonnc *Champagne I ~) 18

DECO RATIONS

World War II Normandy Nonhcm France Rhineland Ardcnncs-Aisacc Ccmral Europe

*Ccn1ral l'acilic *New Guinea * Luzon

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streame,· embroidered ARm:NNES *Philipp ine Pres id e nti al Un it C itation , Strea me r embroid ered

I 7 OCTOI3t::R I944 To 4 .J ULY 1945 (55th Field Arti llery Batta lion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


3d MISSILE BATTALION, 55th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LI NEAGE

RA (inactive)

Organized in February 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfield Scott, California, as Bauery B, 55th Artillery (Coast Artillet-y Corps). (Additionally designated 30 June 1922 as the 239th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional d esignation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesig nated 20 February 1924 as Battery B, 55th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, H awaii. Disbanded 14 J une 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 55th Field Arti llery Battalion (see ANNt::x), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 55th Field Arti llery Battalion. Activated 19 J anuary I 952 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Inactivated 25 june 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Batta lion , 55th Artillery (organic clements concurremly constituted). Battalion activated 1 September I 958 at Fort Wayne , Mic higan. Inactivated 23 December 1960 at Kercheva l, Michigan. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 55th Air Defense Arti llery.

ANNEX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 55th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated 18 June 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 15 April 1946 at Manila, Philippine Islands.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT World War !

Aisnc-Mamc Oisc-Aisnc Meuse-/\ rgounc Champaguc 1918

World War II Normandy

D~::coRATIONS

Non hcrn Fran<:c Rhineland Ardcnncs-Aisacc Central Em·opc

*Cem ral Pacific *New Guinea *Luzon

Presidemial Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AJWENNES *Philippine Presidentia l U niL Citation, St reamer e mbroidered 17

ocTOBER 1944 -ro 4 .J ULY 1945 (55th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


4th MISSILE BATTALION, 55th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Organized in February 19 19 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfteld Scott, California, as Battery D, 55th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . (Additionally designated 30 june 1922 as the 240th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated20 February 1924 as Battery D, 55th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Disbanded 14 .June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 50th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 50th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Infantry Division. Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantow n Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 September 1953 in Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Activated 25 March 1954 in Germany. Inactivated 1 June 1957 at FortOrd, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Divisio n.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 55th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1958 in Greenland. Inactivated 20 December 1965 at Fort Totten, New York. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 50th Field Artillery. Redesignated l October 1940 as Battery B, 50th Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, as an element of the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infant1·y Division). Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort j ackson, South Carolina. lnactivated30 Aprill950 at Fortjackson, South Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World Wnr I

Aisnc-Marne Oisc-Aisne Mcuse-Argonne Champagne 1918

Wol'/d War II *Normandy *Northern France

DECORATIONS

*Rhineland * Ardcnnes-Aisace *Central Europe *Central Pacific

New Guinea Luzon

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES



(inactive) LINEAGE

01·ganized in February 19 J 9 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfield Scott, California, as Battery E, 55th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 june 1922 as the 24lst Company, Coast Artille ry Corps; additional designation abol ished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery E, 55th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June L 950 in the Regular Arm y; concurrently conso lidated with Battery A, 66th Armored Field Artille ry Batta lion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion assigned 25 February 1953 to the 4th Armored Division.) Activated 15 june 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated I April 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assign ment to the 4th Armored Divisio n.

Redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquar ters and Headquarte rs Battery , 5th Missile Battalion, 55th Artillery (organic elements concurre ntly constituted ). Battalion activated 1 June 1959 at Kansas City, Missouri . Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 5th Battalion, 55th Artillery. Inactivated I 0 February 1969 at Olathe Naval Air Station, Kansas. Redesignated I September I97 l as the 5th Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Ba ttery A, 66th Field Artillery, an element of the 4th Armored Divisio n. Activated 15 April 194I at Pine Camp, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated I J anuary I942 as Batte ry A, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Converted and redesignated I May I946 as Troop A, 66th Constabulary Squadron, an element of the 2d Constabulary Regiment. Inactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 2d Constabulary Regiment; concurrenlly converted and redesignated as Battery A, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

CAMPAIGN PARTlCII'ATION CREDIT World War I

Aisnc-Marnc Oise-Aisnc Mcuse-Argonne Champagne 19 18

World War II *Normandy

* Northern France *Rhineland *Ardcnnes-Aisact: *Cent ral Europe *Central Pacific

New Guinea Luzon


DECORA'I"IONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES (4th Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945)

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroid ered NORMANDY (66th Armored Field Artillery Batta lion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Fre nch Croix d e Guerre, World War II , Fourragcrc (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


BATTERY F, 55th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LINEAGE

Organized in february 1919 in the Regu lar Army at Fort Winfield Scott, California, as Battery F, 55th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 j une 1922 as the 242d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery F, 55th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Disbanded 14 j une 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. (66th Armored Field Artillery Battal ion assigned 25 February 1953 to the 4th Armored Division.) Activated 15 J une 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division.

Redesignated 31 J uly 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 55th Artillery. Redesignated 5 April 1960 as Battery F, 55th Artillery. Activated 22 April 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. I nactivated 10 September 1960 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery F, 55th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regu lar Ar my as Battery B, 66th Field Artillery, an element of the 4th Armored Division. Activated 15 April l94 1 at Pine Camp, New York.

Reorganized and redes ignated 1 J a nuary 1942 as Battery B, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion . Converted and redesignated l May 1946 as Troop B, 66th Constabulary Squadron, an element of the 2d Constabulary Regiment. I nactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 2d Constabulary Regiment; concurrently converted and redesignated as Battery B, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War 11- l:IIME

Normandy Northern France Rhineland

DECORATIONS

Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe

World War 11- 111' Central Pacific

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES (4th Armored Division cited ; WD GO 54, 1945)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre, World War 11, Fourragere (66th Armored Field Artillery cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


BATTERY G, 55th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Organized 7 J anuary 1922 in the Regular Army at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii, as Battery G, 55th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . (Additionally designated 30 J une 1922 as the 243d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; add itional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery G, 55th Coast Artillery. I nactivated 31 October 1925 at Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii. Activated 22 May 1943 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii . I nactivated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Disbanded 14 J une 1944. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army.

Consolidated 31 J uly 1959 with Battery C, 55th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Battalion, 55th Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1966 as Battery G, 55th Artillery. Activated 14 October 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 20 January 1967 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Activated 1 August 1967 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 3 1 July 1971 in Vietnam. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery G, 55th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 55th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated3 J anuary 1941 atFort Myer, Virginia. Inactivated 15 April 1946 at Manila, Philippine Islands.

CAMPAlGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War li-AP

Central Pacific New Guinea Luzon

Vietnam Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counte1·offensive, Phase V

DECORATIONS

Counteroffensive, Phase VJ Tel 69/Coullleroffcnsive Summer-fall I969 Wimer-spring I970 Sancwary Coumeroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VII Consolidation I

Phil ippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 J ULY 1945 (55th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAI'vr 1969- 1970 (Battery G, 55th Artillery, cited; DA GO 42, 1972)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971 (Battery G, 55th Artillery, cited; DA GO 6, 1974)


12th PLATOON, 55th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 66th Field Artillery, an element of the 4th Armored Division. Activated 15 Aprill 941 at Pine Camp, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J anuary 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 66th Constabulary Squadron, an element of the 2d Constabulary Regiment. Inactivated 20 December 1948 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 2d Constabulary Regiment; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion assigned 25 February 1953 to the 4th Armored Division.) Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division.

Redesignated 6 June 1958 as the 12th Platoon, 55th Artillery. Activated 20 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 23 September 1960 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 12th Platoon, 55th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wnrld War 11- EAME

Normandy Nonhcrn Fnul<:c

DECORATIONS

Rhineland Ardcnnes-Alsace Ccmral Europe

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES (4th Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945)

French Croix de Cuerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre, World War II , Fourragere (66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



233

RA (i nactive)

LINEAG£

Constituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army as the 16th Detachment, 55th Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Stewart, Georg ia. In activated 12 November I 963 at. Fort Stewart, Georgia. Red esig nated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 55th Air Defense Artillery.


None.

D ECORATIONS

None.

55TH AIR D EFEN SE ARTILLERY BIBLlOGRAPII Y

Crowl, Philip A. Campaign in the Marianas. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Pr inting Office, 1960. Con tains a reference to the 55th Coast Artillery.

Cutler, Frederick Morse. The 55th ATtille1y (C.A.C.) in the American Expeditionmy Fm·ces. Fmnce, 1918. Worcester, Mass.: Commonwealt h Press, 1920.

---· The Old Fint Massachusetts Coast Artillery in Wm· and Peace. Boston : Pilgrim Press, 191 7. Pertains to the Massachusetts National Guard companies that were in the 55th Artillery (CAC) during World War 1.

Davis, Harold S. "Artille ry in Defense Along the Moselle." Field A1·tillery journal35 (October 1945):620-23. Per tains to the 66th A rmored Field Artillery Battalion .

Division A1·tillery, 5th Division. Philadelphia: Dorville Corporation, 1956. Contains information about the 50th Field Artillery Battalion.

Historical and Pictorial Review, 5th infantry Division, United States Army, Fm·t Custe1·, Michigan, 1941 . Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 194 1. Contains information about the 50th Field Artiliery Battalion.

Letes, Leroy. "Long Range Firings in Hawaii." Coast A1·tille1y joumal 75 (1932):405-12.

56th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, four searchlight beams radiant from middle base or; on a chief sable a winged projectile of the second.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, on a mound vert a hurst of five trees proper, the holes interlaced with an arrow fesswise or and issuant in base a trident of the first surmounting and interlacing a torii sable.

Motto: Night Hides Not. Symbolism: The shield is red for artillery. The searchlight beams and

winged projectile denote the character of the 506th Coast Artillery, while the winged projectile on the black chief alludes to the motto, "Night Hides Not," signifying that the night does not hide the enemy from the regiment's artillery fire.

The hurst of trees and the arrow commemorate action in World War II at Hurtgen Forest by an element of the regiment for which the Distinguished Unit Citation (now Presidential Unit Citation) (Army) was awarded. The trident and torii allude to the Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), awarded to an element of the regiment fo r action at Inchon during the Korean War.

DISTIN CT IVE INSIGNIA


LINEAGE AND H oNoRs

LINEAGE

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 506th Arti llery (Antiaircraft). Organized in August 1922 with Headquarters at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as the 506th Coast Artillery. Inactivated I October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 16 December 1940 as the 56th Coast Artillery. Activated 2 June 1941 at Fort Cronkhite, California. Regiment broken up 22January-11 February 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery disbanded 11 February 1944 at Camp Cooke, Cali fornia; 1st Battalion (less Battery A) on 22J anuary 1944 as the 44th Coast Artillery Battalion; Battery A on 22 J anuary 1944 as the

235


722d Coast Artillery Battery; 2d Battalion on 22January 1944 as the 45th Coast Artillery Battalion; 3d Battalion on 22 January 1944 as the 48th Coast Artillery Battalion.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 56th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 56th Field Artillery Group. Activated 19 J anuary 1952 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Redesignated 21 J une 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 56th Artillery Group. Inactivated 18 September 1970 in Germany.

44th Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 11 December 1945 on I wo Jima. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with the 56th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as the 56th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 8th Infantry Division. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated J August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.

722d Coast Artillery Battery disbanded 31 July 1944 at Adak, Alaska. Reconstituted 1 August 1957 in the Regular Army and consolidated with Battery A, 56th Field Artillery Battalion (see above).

45th Coast Artillery Battalion disbanded 2 December 1945 on Leyte, Philippine Islands. Reconstituted 28 .June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consol idated with the 45th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as the 45th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 8th Infantry Division. Activated 1 August J 950 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 1 August I 957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.

48th Coast Artillery Battalion inactivated 2 November 1945 in Hawaii. Consolidated 28 june 1950 with the 48th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as the 48th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th In fantry Division: Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th In fantry Division.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 56th Artillery Group, and 56th, 45th, and 48th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 18 September 1970 as the 56th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 56th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX 1

Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 56th Field Artillery Battalion. Assigned 1.J une 1941 to the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division) and activated at Fort j ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

ANNEX 2

Constituted I. October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 45th Field Arti ll ery. Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 45th Field Artillery Battalion. Assigned l.J une 1941 to the 8th Division (later redesignated as the


8th Infantry Division) and activated at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

ANNEX 3

Constituted I October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 48th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 48th Field Artillery Battalion. Assigned I .June 194 J to t he 7t.h Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division) and activated a t Fort Ord, Californ ia .


Normandy orthern Frauce

Rhiucland Central Europe Air offensive, .Japau Aleutian Islands (wi th arrowhead) Eastern !'vlaudatcs Western Pacilic Leyte Ryukyus (wilh arrowhead)

Korea11 War UN defensive UN offeusive CCF intervention First UN countcro!Tcnsive CCF spring offensive

DECORATIONS

UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winter· Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third Korean wimer Korea, summer 1953

Vietnam l)efense Counterol'f'ensive Counter·ol'fensive, Phase I I Coumeroffensive, Phase I I I Tet Coumeroffeusive Coumer·offensive: Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 69/Coumeroffcnsivc Summer-fall I \J69

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered II URTGEN FOREST (56th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 21, 1947)

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered tNC IION (32d Regimental Combat Team cited; DA GO 63, J 952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966 (6th Battalion , 56th Artillery, cited; DA GO 17, 1968)


l st BATT ALI ON, 56th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 29 july 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery A, 506th Artillery (Antiaircraft). Organized in August 1922 in Wisconsin. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery A, 506th Coast Arttillery.lnactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 16 December 1940 as Battery A, 56th Coast Artillery. Activated 2 June 1941 at Fort Cronkhite, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 22 J anuary 1944 as the 722d Coast Artillery Battery. Disbanded 31 J uly 1944 at Adak, Alaska. Reconstituted 1 August 1957 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 56th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 56th Field Artillery Battalion.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 56th Artillery (orgar~ic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1958 at Pasadena, Cali fornia. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 1st Battalion, 56th Artillery. Inactivated 12 December 1968 at Saugus, California. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constitu ted 13 j anuary 1941 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 56th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated 1 june 1941 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, as an element of the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 1 August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.


*Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland *Central Europe Air offensive, Japan

*Aleutian Islands Eastern Mandates Western Pacific Leyte Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

DECORATIONS

Korean W(l1· UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST (56th Field Artillery Battalion cited; WD GO 21, 1947)


Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INC HON

*Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG

(8th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969)



LINEAGE (nondivisional)

Constituted 29 J uly 192 1 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 506th Artillery (Antiaircraft). Organized in August I 922 in Wisconsin . Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery B, 506th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves a nd allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 16 December 1940 as Battery B, 56th Coast Artillery. Activated 2 June 194 1 at Fort Cronkhite, Cali forn ia.

Reorganized and redesignated 22 J an uary 1944 as Battery B, 44th Coast Artillery Battalion . Inactivated 11 December 1945 on Iwo Jima. Consolidated 28 J une 1950 with Battery B, 56th Field Artille ry Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 56th Field Artillery Battalion, an ele ment of the 8th In fantry Division. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort .Jackson, California. Inactivated 1 August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 56th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted) . Battalion activated l September 1958 in Germany. Redes ignated 20 December 1965 as the 2d Battalion, 56th Ar tillery. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 13 J anuary 1941 in the Regula r Army as Battery B, 56th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated l June 1941 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina, as an element o f the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.


*Normandy *Nonhern France *Rhineland *Centra l Europe *Air ol'fe nsive,japan

Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead) Eastem Mandates

*Western Padfic Leytc Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

Dt::CORATIONS

Korean War UN defensive UN o ffensive CCF in tcrvemion First UN coumeroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summet·-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 T hird Korean wimer Korea, summer 1953

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST (56th Field Artillery Battalion cit€d; WD GO 2 1, 194 7)

LI NEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 24 1

Presidentia l Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroide red 1 NCIION

*Luxembourg Croix de Gucrre, Streamer embroidered L U XEMBOU RC

(8th Infantry Division cited; OJ\ GO 59, 1969)


BATTERY C, 56th AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY RA

(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 29 J uly J 92 1 in the Organized Reserves as Battery C, 506th Arti llery (Antiaircraft). Organized in August 1922 in Wisconsin. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery C, 506th Coast Artillery. Inactivated I October 1933; concu rrentl y withdrawn from the Organ ized Rese rves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 19 December 1940 as Battery C, 56th Coast Artillery. Activated 2 J une 1941 at Fort Cronkhite, Californ ia.

Reorganized and redesignated 22 January J 944 as Battery A, 45th Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 2 December 1945 on Leyte, Philippine Islands. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consol idated with Battery A, 45th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEx), and consolidated un it designated as Battery A, 45th Field Artillery Battalion , an element of the 8th Infantry Division. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort j ackson , South Carolina. Inactivated I August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Divisio n.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 56th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated I September 1958 at West Haven, Connecticut. Inactivated 1 September 196 1 at West Have n, Connecticut. Redesignated 17 May 1966 as the 3d Batta lion, 56th Arti llery. Activated l August 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactiva ted 20 J anuary 1967 at Fo rt Bliss, Texas. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion , 56th Artillery, redesignated 30 June 197 1 as Battery C, 56th Artillery, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery C, 56th Air Defe nse Artillery. Inactivated 27 December 1971 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 45th Field Artillery Battalion. Redesig nated 13 January 1941 as Battery A, 45th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated I June 1941 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina, as an element of the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

CAMPA IGN P A RTI C IPATION CR~OlT

World War 11-EAME Normandy Nonhen1 Fram:e Rhinel<utd Central Europe

World Wnr/1-AP Western Pacific Lcytc


DECORATIONS

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (8th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

Philippine Preside nt ia l Unit C itation, Streamer embroidered 17 ocTOBER 1944 TO 4JULY 1945 (45th Coast Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



LINEAC~ (inactive)

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery D, 506th Artillery (Antiaircraft). Organized in August 1922 in Wisconsin. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery 0 , 506th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Orga nized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 16 December 1940 as Battery D, 56th Coast Artillery. Activated 2 June 194 1 at Fort Cronkhite, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 22 J anuary 1944 as Battery B, 45th Coast Artillery Battalion. Disbanded 2 December 1945 on Leyte, Philippine Islands. Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army; concu rrently consolida ted with Ba u e ry B, 45th Fie ld Artillery Battalion (see ANNt::x), and consolidated un it designated as Batterr B, 45th Field Artillery Battalion, an e lement of the 8th In fa ntry Divis io n. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. inactivated 1 August 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headqua rters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 56th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1958 at Bristol, Rhode Island. lnactivated 26 August 1963 at Re hoboth, Massachuse tts. Redesignated 2 March 1967 as the 4th Battalion, 56th Artillery. Activated 20 May 1967 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Inactivated 3 J March 1970 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 4th Battalion , 56th Air De fense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted I October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery ll, 45th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 J anuary 194 1 as Battery B, 45th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated I .J une 194 1 at Fort .Jackson, Sou th Carolina, as an clement of the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Divisio n). Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Wol'ltl wa,./!

*Normandy *Nonhern France *Rhineland *Central Eun>pe

Air oflensive.Japan Aleutian I sland~ (with arrowhead) Eastern Mandates

*Western Pacifi<: * l.eyte

Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

Kortml War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN COlliUCmiTensivc CCF spring offensive UN summe1·-fall offensive Second Korean wimer l<orea, summe1·-fall I !)52 Third l<orean wimer l<orca. summer 1 !)5~


DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered rN CHON *Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG

(8th Infantry D ivision cited; DA GO 59, 1969) *Phi li ppine Presidentia l Un it C itation , Streamer embroidered

17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (45th Coast Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery £, 506th Artillery (Antiaircraft). Organized in August 1922 in Wisconsin. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery E, 506th Coast Artillery. I nactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 16 December 1940 as Battery E, 56th Coast Artillery. Activated 2 J une 194 1 at Fort Cronkhite, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 22 January 1944 as Battery A, 48th Coast Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 2 November 1945 in Hawaii. Consolidated 28June 1950 with Bar.tery A, 48th Field Arti ll ery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 48t11 Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated I July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th I nfantry Division.

Redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 56th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 15 J une 1959 at Cincinnati, Ohio. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 5th Battalio n , 56th Artillery. Inactivated 3 1 March 1970 at Wilmington, Ohio. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 48th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 January 194 1 as Battery A, 48th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated I J une 194 1 at Fort Ord, California, as an clement of the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division).

CAMPAIGN PART!C! I>AT ION CREDIT World War II

Normandy Nonhcrn Fntncc Rhineland Central Europe Air offensive, .Japan

*Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead) *Eastcm Mandates *WcsLcrn Pacific *Lcyte *Ryukyus (wi1h atTowhcad)

DECORATIONS

Korean Wm· *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intcrvcnlion *First UN coumeroiTensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean wimcr *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Thit·d Korean wimcr *Kot·ca, SUtnlliCI' 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidere d HURTGEN FOREST


*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON

(32d Regimental Combat Team cited; DA GO 63, 1952) *Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered

17 OCT OBER 1944 ·ro 4 JULY 1945 (48th Field Arti llery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON (48th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950- 1953 (48th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 22, 1956)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1948, 1953-1957 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971)



RA (nondivisional)

LINEAGE

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery F, 506th Artillery (Antiaircraft). Organized in August 1922 in Wisconsin . Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery F, 506th Coast Ar tillery. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 16 December 1940 as Battery F, 56th Coast Artillery. Activated 2 J une 1941 at Fort Cronkhite, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 22 January 1944 as Battery B, 48th Coast Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 2 November 1945 in Hawaii. Consolidated 28 J une 1950 with Battery B, 48th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated un it designated as Battery B, 48th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th In fan try Division. Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and reli eved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 30 March 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 56th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 25 J uly 1962 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 14 June 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 56th Artillery. (Battery C inactivated 5 June 1969 in Vietnam.) Inactivated (less Battery C) 15 August 1969 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery. Activated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 48th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 .January. l94l as Battery B, 48th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated 1 J une 194 1 at Fort Ord, California, as an element of the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division).


CAM PAIGN PART ICIPATION Ctu:o r r World War /I

Normandy Northern Fran<:e Rhineland Central Europe Air offensive, Japan

*Aleutian Islands (with ;trrowhcad) *Eastern Mandates *Western Pacific *l.eyte *Ryuk)'liS (with arrowhead)

Koretm War *U N defensive *UN offensive *CCF intcrvetuion *First UN countet•oiTensive *CCF spring offensive

DECORATIONS

*UN summer- fall offensive *Second Korean wime•· *Korea, summer-fall I952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer I953

\lirlll//111 *Defense *CounteroiTettsivc *CounteroiTcnsivc. Phase II *CoumeroiTcnsive, Phase Il l *Tet Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive. Phase V *Counteroffensive, Phase VI *Tel 59/Counteroffensive *Sununcr- fall 1969

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Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered 11 URTGt::N FOREST

*Presidential Un it Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCIION (32d Regimen tal Combat Team cited; DA GO 63, 1952)

*Meritorious Unit Comme ndation, Streamer embroide red VIETNAM 1965- 1966 (6th Battalion , 56th Artillery, cited ; DA GO 17, 1968)

*Philippine Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOUER 1944 TO 4jULY 1945 (48th Field Artillery Baualion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Un it Citation , Streamer embroidered INCIION (48th Field Artillery Battalion cited; 0/\ GO 35, 1951)

*Rep ublic or Korea Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroide red KOREA 1950- 1953 (48th Field Anillery Battalion cited; D A GO 22, 1956)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOR EA 1945-1948, I 953-1957 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971)



RA (inactive)

LINJ.::AGE

Constituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army as the 16th Detachment, 56th Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Camp Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Inactivated 25 June 1961 at Camp Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Redesignated I September I 971 as the 16th Detachment, 56th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORA'rtONS

None.

56TH AIR DEFE SE ARTILLERY BIULJOGRAPI-IY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, No1·th to the Yalu. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 196L. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

The Captw·e of Allu. Washington: Infamry J ournal Press, 1944. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

Conn, Stetson, and Byron f airchi ld. The Fmrnework of Hemisphe1·e Defense. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Off1ce, 1960. Comains information about the 56th Coast Artillery.

Crowl, Philip A., and Edmund G. Love. Seizu1·e of the Gilberts and Marshalls. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, I 955. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

The Dixie-Golden An·ow YeaTbook, FoTt Ca·rson, Colomdo, 1954. Marceline: Walsworth Brothers, 1954. Contains information about the 45th and 56th Field Artillery Battalions.

Eighth Infant?y Division Artillery. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1946. Contains information about the 45th and 56th Field Artillery Battalions.

Eighth Injant1y Division, FoTtjackson, South Cm·oLina. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1953. Contains information about the 45th and 56th Field Artillery Battalions.

Falls, Bruce F., et al. The Seventh Division in Korea. Tokyo: FEC Priming Plant, L 948. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

J ackson, Miles H., ed. 8th !nfant?y Golden A1·row Division, Fo·rl Ca·rso·n, Colomdo, October 1955. Dallas: Miller Publishing Company, 1955. Contains information about the 45th Field Artillery Battalion.


Marshall, S.L.A. P01·k Chop Hill. New York: William Morrow, 1956. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

Public Information Office, 7th Infantry Division. The Bayonet, The Histmy of the 7th Infantry Division in KoTea. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1953. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

7th Infantry Division in Korea. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1954. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

Waring, Paul C., ed. History of the 7th Infantry (Bayonet) Division. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1967. Contains information about the 48th Field Artillery Battalion.

Wiese, Carl, ed. 8th Infantty Division, GyroscofJe, 1956. Dallas: Miller Publishing Company, 1956. Contains information about the 45th and 56th Field Artillery Battalions.


COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Or, a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure, in chief a bar gemel rompu sable engouled on dexter by the head of a boar couped at the ears and issuant from edge of shield, on sinister by the same of a lion, both of the last and armed of the second.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, a dragon's head erased argent, langued triparte and keeled vert, enfiled with a castle turret with broken chain all azure, the turret charged with a bezant.

Motto: Veto (I Forbid). Symbolism: The outstanding feat of this regiment's service in France

was the cutting of the railway line between Montmedy and Sedan, November 6, 1918, from positions near Stenay. This is shown by the sh ield. The arms ofMontmedy bear a black lion, those of Sedan a black boar, those ofStenay a gold lion rampant. The two broken bars represent the broken railroad line between the black lion (Montmedy) and the black boar (Sedan); the position of the regiment at Sten ay being shown by the rampant lion in red for artillery. The shield is gold, the same as the shield of Lorraine where this engagement took place.

In heraldry, one of the symbols for a staunch defender is the dragon. The three-pronged tongue represents the participation of elements of the regiment in World Wars I and II and the Korean War. It also all udes to the 3d Armored Division to which e lements of the organization were assigned during World War II and the three German trains disabled by the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion at Braisne and Soissons during World War II. The castle turret and broken chain are used to symbolize Mons and the Falaise Pocket campaign where the resistance of the enemy was completely broken and the cities were liberated. The bezant refers to the Philippine sun and denotes the action of the 57th field Artillery Battalion, 7th Infantry Division, in that area during World War II.

0ISTLNCT!VE l NSlCN!A


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LINEAGE AND H ONORS LIN EAGE

Constituted 1 November 1917 in the Regular Army as the 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 11 January 1918 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey, from new and existing Regular Army and New York National Guard companies. (New York National Guard companies demobilized in J anuary 1919 at Camp Merritt, New J ersey; regiment continued on active status.) Demobilized 30 June 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army as the 57th Coast Artillery. (1st Battalion activated l June 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.) Regiment (less 1st and 3d Battalions) activated 3 J anuary 1941 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. (3d Battalion activated 15 June 1941 at Camp Pendleton, Virginia.) Inactivated 31 May 1944 in Hawaii. Disbanded 14 J une 1944.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 57th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery Group. Activated 21 January 1952 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated I 0 October 1954 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 14 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery. Missile Group. Activated 1 March 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas. Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 57th Artillery Group. Inactivated 19 February 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado.

1st Battalion, 57th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 57th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as the 57th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated l July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.

2d Battalion, 57th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 46th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 2) , and consolidated unit designated as the 46th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Infantry Division. Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany. Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ore!, California, and relieved from assignmen t to the 5th Infantry Division.

3d Battalion, 57th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 57th Artillery Group; 57th and 46th Field Artillery Battalions; and 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 19 February 1962


as the 57th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 57th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNeX J Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 57th Field

Artillery. Redesignated 13 J an uary 1941 as the 57th Field Artillery Battalion. Assigned I J une J 94 J to the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division) and activated at Fort Ord, California.

ANNEX 2 Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 46th Field

Artillery. Redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 46th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 5th Division (later red esignated as the 5th Infantry Division), and activated a t Fort Knox, Kentucky. Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 15 july 1947 at Fort j ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 30 April1950 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina.

ANNEX 3 Constituted 1 October I933 in the Regular Army as the 67th Field

Artillery. Assigned 13 J anuary 1941 to the 3d Armored Division. Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard , Louisiana.

Reorganized and redesignated I january I942 as the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany. Activated 15 july 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky .

CAMPAIGN P A RT I C IPATION C R EDIT

World War I Leytc Ryukyus (with arrowhead) St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918

Korea11 War

World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland A rdennes-Alsace Cemnal Europe Aleutian Islands Eastern Mandates

D ECORATIONS

UN defensive UN offensive CCF imervemion Fi1·st UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summe1·-fall offensive Second Korean win ter Korea , summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Presidentia l Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered C HOSl N

RESERVOIR (Provisional Battalion cited; DA GO 86, 1953)


1st BATT ALI ON, 57th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LIN EAGE

Constituted 1 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 11 J anuary 1918 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. Demobilized 30 J une 192 1 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery A, 57th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Inactivated 31 May 1944 in Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 7th Infan try Division. Inactivated 1 J uly 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 57th Arti llery (organic elements concurrently constituted) . Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Boston, Massachusetts. l nac'tivated 25 June 1960 at Nahant, Massachusetts. Activated 24 March 1961 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Inactivated 1 December 1968 on Okinawa. Redesignated 16 August 1971 as the lst Battalion, 57th Artillery, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 19 March 1973 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 57th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 J anuary 1941 as Battery A, 57th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated 1 J une 1941 at Fort Ord, California, as an element of the 7th Division (later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division).

CAM PA I GN PARTIC I PATION CREDIT

World War I *St. Mihiel *Mcuse-A1·gonne

Lorraine 1918

World Wm·JI Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace CenLral Eu1·ope

*Central Pacific *Aleutian Islands *Eastern Mandates

*Leyte *Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

Korean War *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counle1·offensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean wintei*Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Ko1·ean winter *Korea, summer 1953


DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Su·eamer embroidered CII OSI RESER VOl R (Provisional Battalion cited; DA GO 86, 1953)

*Phi li ppine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 .J ULY 1945 (57th Field Arti llery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON (57th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

*Republic of Korea Preside ntial Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953 (57th f ield Artillery Batta lion cited; DA GO 22, 1956)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1948, 1953-1957 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971)



(nondivisronal) LINEAGE

Organized in February 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfield Scott, California, as Bauery B, 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 30 June 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery B, 57th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Inactivated 3 1 May 1944 in Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 .June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently conso lidated with Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), a nd consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion, an element o r the 7th Infantry Division. Inactivated 1 .July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignmen t to the 7th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalio n , 57th Artillery (organic ele me nts concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Chicago, Illinois. Inactivated 23 August 1963 at Chicago, Ill inois. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Missile Battalion , 57th Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 2d Battalion, 57th A ir Defense Artillery, and activated in Germany.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 57th Field Artillery. Redesignated 13 .January 1941. as B<J.ttcry B, 57th Field Artillery Battalion. Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Ord, Cali fornia, as an element of the 7th Division (late t- t-edesignated as the 7th Infantry Division).

CAMPAIG N PARTICIPATION CREDIT W(1rld War I


World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Aisacc Central Europe

*Aieutian Islands *Eastern Mandates

DECORATIONS

*Lcyte *Ryukyus (with anowhcad)

Korean W(lr *UN defensive *U N offensive *CCF imervention *First UN couutcroffcnsive *CCF spring offeusive *UN summer- fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

*Presidenti.al Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered CI-IOSIN RESERVOIR (Provisional Battalion cited; DA GO 86, J 953)


*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 T O 4JULY 1945 (57th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 1 NCHON (57th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 35, 195 1)

*Repu blic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953 (57th Field Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 22, 1956)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945- 1948, 1953-1957 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971)


3d MISSILE BATT ALI ON, 57th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 57th Coast Artillery. Activated 3 j anuary 194 1 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Inactivated 31 May 1944 in Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstitu ted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurre ntly consolidated with Battery A, 46th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 46th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 5th Infantry Division. Activated 1 March 195 1 at Indiantown Gap Military Rese rvation, Pennsylvania . Inactivated I September 1953 at Indiantown Ga p Military Reservation, Pennsylvan ia. Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany. Inactivated 1 june 1957 at Fort Ord, California, a nd relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 57th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constitu ted). Battalion activated l September 1958 at Los Angeles, Cali fornia. Inactivated 23 April 1964 at Fort MacArthur., California. Redesignated 1 September J 97 1 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery. ANNEX

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Baucry A, 46th Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 October 1940 as Battery A, 46th Field Artillery Baualion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as a n element of the 5th Division (later red{'signated as the 5th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Activatedl5 July 1947 at Fon j ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War I Leyte

R)•ukyus (with arrowhead) SL Mihiel Meuse-Argonnc Lorraine 1918

Korenn War

World War II *Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland *Ar·dennes-Alsacc *Central Europe Aleutian Islands Eastern Mand;rtes

DECORATI ONS

UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN cour1tcroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer· 1953

Presidemia l Unit Citation (Navy), Streame r embroidered CHOSIN RESERVOI R



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular A1·my as Battery D, 57th Coast Artillery. Activated 3 J anuary 1941 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Inactivated 31 May 1944 in Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 46th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B , 46th Field Artillery Battalion, an c lement of the 5th Infantry Division. Activated 1 March 1951 at lndian town Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pe nnsylvania. Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany. Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord, California, and relieved from assignment to the 5th Infantry Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Gun Battalion, 57th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constitu ted). Battalio n activated 1 September J 958 in Germany. Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1960 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 57th Artillery. Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 4th Battalion, 57th Artillery. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

ANNEX Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 46th

Field Artillery. Redesignated I October 1940 as Battery B, 46th Field Arti lle ry Battalion, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry Division). Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort J ackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 30 April 1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World W(ll·/

S1. Mihiel Mcusc-1\rgonne Lorraine 1918

Worltl War// *Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland *Ardennes-Alsace •Cenu·al Europe •Central Pacific Aleutian Islands Eastern Mandates

DECORATIONS

Leytc Ryukyus (with anowhead)

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF imervcmion First UN coumcroffensive CCF spring on·ensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summet· 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered CHOSIN RESERVOIR




Organized in February 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfield Scott, California, as Battery E, 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Demobilized 30 June 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstitu ted 22 January 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery E, 57th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 June 1941 at Camp Pe ndleton, Virginia. Inactivated 31 May 1944 in Hawaii. Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and con solida ted unit des ignated as Batte ry A, 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division. Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division.

Redesignated 27 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 57th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 15 June 1959 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 14 June 1965 as the 5th Battalion, 57th Artille ry. Redesignated I September 197 1 as the 5th Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constitu ted I October 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 67th Field Artillery. (67th Field Artillery assigned 13 J an uary 1941 to the 3d ~rmored Division.) Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louistana.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J anuary 1942 as Battery A, 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany. Activated 15 .July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT World War I


World War II *Normandy *Northern france *Rhineland * Arclennes-Aisacc *Central Europe Aleutian Islands Eastern Mandates Leyte Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

K11rean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF imervention First UN coumeroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea , surnmer·- fall I 952 Third Korean winter· Korea, summer 1953


DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) Streamer embroidered CHOSJN RESERVOIR

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM (67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order o f the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDEN NES (67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Organized in February 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfield Scott, Cali fo rnia, as Battery F, 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 30 june 192 1 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery F, 57th Coast Arti llery. Activated 15 june 1941 at Camp Pendleton, Virginia. Inactivated 31 May 1944 in Hawaii . Disbanded 14 June 1944.

Reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army; concurre ntly consolidated with Battery B, 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 3d Armored Division.

Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division; concurrently redesignated as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 57th Artillery (organic elements constitu ted 12 .July I 967). Battalion activated 25 October 1967 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 25 J uly 1968 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion , 57th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted I Octobe r 1933 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 67th Field Artillery. (67th Field Artillery assigned 13 January 194 1 to the 3d Armored Division.) Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 J anuary 1942 as Battery B, 67 th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany. Activated 15 J uly 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

CAMPAIGN PART ICJPATlON CREDIT World W<1r I Leyte

Ryukyus (with arrowhead) St. Mihicl Mcuse-Argonne Lorraine 1918

Kore<111 Wm·

World War II *Normandy *Nonhern France *Rhineland *Arden••es-Alsace *Central Europe

Aleutian Islands Eastern Mandates

DECORATIONS

UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention first UN counteroffensive CCF Sj)l'ing offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer- fa ll 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered CHOSIN RES ERVOIR


*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM (67th Armored Field Anillery Battalion cited; OA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

57Tll A IR DEFENSE ARTILLERY Bl13LIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy £. South to the Na/,tong, No1·th to the Yalu. United States Army in the Korean War. Wash ington: Government Printing Office, 1961. Contains information about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.

Berry, Edward S. "From the Seine to the Siegfried Line." Annored Cavaby journal 59 (January 1950):35-41. Contains information about the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the PhilifJpines. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1954. Contains in formation about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.

Crowl, Philip A., and Edmund G. Love. Seizu·re of the Gilbe?·ts and Marshalls. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Gov~rnmen t Printing Office, 1955. Contains information about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.

Division Artillery, 5th Division. Philadelphia: Dorville Corporation, 1956. Contains information about the 46th Field Anillery Battalion.

Dupuy, Richard Ernest. With the 57th in France. Brooklyn: Our Army, Inc., 1930. Origina lly published by install ments in Ow· Army (July 1929-February 1930).

Falls, Bruce F., et al. The Seventh Division in K01·ea. Tokyo: FEC Printing Plant, 1948. Contains information about the 57th Field Artilkry Battalion.

Fi?"StBattalion, 57th Artille-ry, C.A.C. in the World W(t1'. Brooklyn: Eagle Press, 19 19?

Grace, James L. A B1iej History of the 2nd Battalion, 57thATtille?y, C.A.C., 31st Brigade, Anny A1·tille1)1, First Army F1·om july 20th, 1917 to janua1y 15th, 1919. N.p., 1919.

Gugeler , Russell A. Combat Actions in KoTea. Washington: Combat Forces j ournal Press, 1954. Rev. eel. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1970. Contains information about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting F1'ont. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966. Contains informatio n about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.

Howe, George F. NoTthwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. U ni ted States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1957. Contains information about the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.


Kimmel, Irving, eel. 3d Armored Div~~ion, "Spearhead," Fm·t Knox, Kentucky. Dallas: Miller Publishing Company, 1956. Contains information about the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

MacDonald, Charles B. , and Sidney T. Mathews. Thr·ee Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schrnidt. United States Army in World War II. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1952. Contains information about the 46th Field Artillery Battalion.

Public Information Office, 7th Infantry Division. The Bayonet, the History of the 7th Infantry DivisioninKor·ea.. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1953. Contains information about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.

7th Infantry Division in Korea.. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1954. Contains information about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.

67thArmor·ed FA, Bn, 54thArrnoredFA Bn, 391st ATmored FA Bn, Ca.rnp Polk, 1942. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1942.

Third ATmored Division, Basic Tr-aining. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1950. Contains informat ion about the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.

ThirdATntO'redDivision, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1948. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1948. Contains information about the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion .

Waring, Paul C., eel . History of the 7th Infant?)' (Bayonet) Division. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1967. Contains information about the 57th Field Artillery Battalion.


COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess vai1· and argent, in base a thistle proper.

C1·est: On a wreath of the colors, argent and azure, a demi-lion rampant gules armed and langued azure grasping in dexter claw a sword or.

Motto: Defendimus (We Defend).

Symbolism: T he vair on the shield is from the a rms of the Coast Defenses of New York; the thistle is one of the emblems of Lorraine and is borne on the arms of Nancy not far from St. Mihiel. ·

The lion, from the arms of St. Menehould, is red for artillery.

DISTINCTIVE I NS IGN IA

The distinctive insignia is the shield , crest, and motto of the coat of arms.

LI NEAGE AND H ONORS

LINEAGE

Constituted 1 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 1 January 1918 at Fort Hamilton, New York, from existing Regular Army companies and New York Nationa l Guard companies. (National Guard companies demobi lized J anuary-February 1919 at Camp Upton, New York; regiment continued on active status.) (Service Battery; Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 1st Battalion; and the 2d and 3d Battalions inactivated 30 September 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Batteries G and H organized II October 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.) Red esignated 20 February I 924 as the 59th Coast Artillery (Batteries C, D, E, and F concurrently activated at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands). Remainder of regiment activated 30 May 194 J at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Sun·endered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, J>hilippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 26 December 194 7 as the 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 1 January 1948 at Fort Bliss,

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268 AIR DEFENSE ARTI LLERY

Texas. Redesignated 24 February 1953 as the 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 59th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 59th Air Defense Artillery.


St. Mihicl Meuse-A•·gonnc Lorraine 1918

DECORATIONS

World War II Philippine Islands

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroider ed MANLLA AND sumc BAYS (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 2 1, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citat ion, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



(8th Infantry Division) LINEAGE

Organized 15 june 19 17 in the Regular Arm y at Fort Hamilton, New York, as the 7th Company, Fort Hamilton [New York). Red esignated 3 1 August 191 7 as the 4th Company, Coast DcCe nses of Southern New York.

Reorgan ized a nd redesignated l j anuary 1918 as Battery A, 59th Artillery (Coast Ar tillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 June I 922 as the 176th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 Febmary 1924 as Battery A, 59th Coast Artillery. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 Apri l 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 26 December 1947 as Battery A, 59th An tiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 1 January 1948 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 24 February 1953 as Battery A, 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Reorganized a nd redesignated I September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, l st Gun Battalion , 59th Artillery (organic clements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated I September 1958). Battalion (less Battery B) inactivated 25 May 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. (Battery B inactivated 26 March 1963 at FOI-t Bliss, Texas.) Redesignated 5 May 1969 as the lst Battalion, 59th Artillery, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Assigned 4 November 1969 to the 8th I nfantry Division. Redesignated 1 Septembet- 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 59th Air De fense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PART IC.: II'ATION CREDIT World War I

*St. ~lihicl *Mcusc·A•·gonnc *Lorraine 19 18

DECORATIONS

World War II *Philippine Islands

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered UATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited ; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANI LA AND SUBIC BA vs (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF T H E PliLLJPPINI::S (Mili tary and nava l forces o f the United States engaged in the defense of lhe Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Presidential UniL C itation, Streamer embroidered


7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Battery B additionally entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered FLORIDA 1962-1963 (Battery B, 1st Gun Battalion, 59th Artillery, cited; DA GO 33, 1963)



(1st Armored Division) LI NEAGE

Organized in February 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfteld Scott, California, as Battery B, 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 June 1922 as the 252d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery B, 59th Coast Artillery. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island , Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 26 December 194 7 as Battery B, 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 1 J anuary 1948 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 24 February 1953 as Battery B, 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Reorganized a nd redesignated l September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 59th Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated I September 1958). Batta lion inactivated 9 October 1964 at Edgemont, Pennsylvania. Redesignated 1 May 1970 as the 2d Battalion, 59th Artillery, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Assigned 4 November 1970 to the 4th Armored Division. Relieved I 0 May 197 1 from the 4th Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT Worlll War/

St. Mihiel Mcuse-Argonne Lorraine I918

DECORATIONS

World War!/ *Philippine Islands

*Preside ntial Unit Citation (Army), Streame r embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND sus1c BAYS (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 2 1, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPIN ES (Military and nava l fo rces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Phi lipp ine Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO I 0 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 47, 1950)




Organized 13 J anuary 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Wadsworth, New York, as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Southern New York. Redesignated 1 j une 1922 as the 253d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1924 as Battery C, 59th Coast Artillery. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the j apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 26 December 194 7 as Battery C, 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 1 J anuary 1948 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 24 February 1953 as Battery C, 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 59th Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 59th Artillery. l nactivated 30 J une 1971 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery. Activated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

CAMPA IGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War I

St. Mihicl Mcuse-Argonnc Lorraine 1918

DECOR A T!ONS

World Wm· II *Philippine Islands

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942) ,

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND suBrc BAYS (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine P1!esidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DAG047, 1950)



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Organized in Februar y 19 19 in the Regular Army at Fort Wi n fie ld Scott, California, as Battery D, 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 J une 1922 as the 254th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additiona l des ig nation abolished 20 Februa r y 1924.) Inactivated 30 September 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Redesigna ted 20 February 1924 as Battery 0, 59th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrende red 6 May 1942 to th e j a panese forces on Corregidor I sland , Philippine Islands. I nactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Red es ig nated 26 December 194 7 as Battery D, 59th An tiairc raft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalio n . Activated 1 J anuary 1948 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 24 February 1953 as Battery D, 59th Antia ircraft Artillery Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headqua rte rs and Headquarters Batter y, 4th Missile Batta lion, 59th Artillery (organ ic e leme nts constituted 12 August 1958 and activated I Sep tember 1958). Red esig nated 20 December 1965 as the 4th Battalion, 59th Artille ry. (Batteries A, B, and C inactivated 3 1 March 1970 at Nor fo lk, Virginia.) I nactivated (less Batteries A, B, and C) 30 J une 1971 at Norfolk, Virginia . . Red esig nated I September 197 1 as the 4th Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPA IGN PARTIC IPATION C REDIT World Wttr I


DECORAT IONS

World War! / *Philippine Is lands

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Sti·eamer embroide red BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army :in the Fa r East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential Un it Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red MANILA AND sus1c BAYS (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 2 1, 1942)

*Presidentia l Unit C itatio n (Army), Streamer embroide red DEFt::NSE OF THE PIII L!PPINt::S (Mili ta r y and naval forces of the Unite d States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; W D GO 22, 1942, as ame nded by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Presiden t ia l Un it C itation, Streamer embr oidered 7 Dt::CEMHER 194 1 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Arti lle ry cited; DA G047, 1950)

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(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 2 August 1901 in the Regula r Army as the 98th Company, Coast Artillery, ArtWery Corps. Organized in 190 I at Fort H amilton , New York. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 98th Compan y, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 9th Company, Coast Defenses of Southern New York. Disbanded 1 June 1921 at Fort Hamilton, New York.

Reconstituted 30 June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with H eadquarters Battery, 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated uni t d esignated as H eadquarters Battery, 59th Artillery (Coast Artille ry Corps) (addit io nally d esignated as the 98th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; add itional designatio n abolished 20 February 1924). Redesig nated 20 February 1924 as H eadquarters Battery, 59th Coast Artille ry. Surrende red 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April I 946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 26 December 1947 as Headquarters Battery, 59th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 1 J a nuary 1948 a t Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 24 February 1953 as Headquarters Battery, 59th Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalion. Inactivated I September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Redesig nated 3 1 July 1959 as H eadquar ters and Headquarte rs Batte ry , 5th Battalion, 59th Artillery. Activated 11 January 1971 at Fort Bliss, T exas (organic e lements concurrently constituted and activated). Redesignated I September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artille r y. I nactivated 30 September 1974 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

ANNEX

Organized 30 J une 1916 in the Regular Arm y at Fort H amilton, New York, as the 1st Company, Fort H amilton [New York]. Redesignated 31 August 19 17 as the 1st Compa ny, Coast Defenses of Southe rn New Yo rk.

Reorganized and red esignated 1 J an uary 191 8 as H eadquarters Company, 59th Artille ry (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated in 192 1 as H eadquarte rs Battery , 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

CAMPA I GN PARTlClJ>ATION CREDIT

World War I *St. Mihicl *Mcusc-Argonne *Lorraine 1918

Worhl War II *Philippine Islands

LINEAGES AND HERALD IC DATA 275

DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN

(Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA

AND suurc BA vs (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942) *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE

OF THE PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Pres identia l Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEM BER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DA G047, 1950)



(inactive) LIN EAGE

Organized in February 1919 in the Regular Army at Fort Winfield Scott, California, as Battery E, 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). (Additionally designated 30 June 1922 as the 255th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; add itional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Inactivated 30 September 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Bauery E, 59th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the .Japanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Disbanded 24 December 1947.

Reconstituted 31 July 1959 in the Regular Army and red esignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion , 59th Artillery. Redesignated 1 November 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 59th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted) . Battalion activated 17 November 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 59th Arti ll e ry. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT World War I

St. Mihiel Meuse· A rgonnc Lo rraine 1918

DECORATIONS


*Preside ntial Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States At·my in the Far East, cited ; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Pt·esidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND sun1c BAYS (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEft::NSE OF T tt E PHILIPPIN ES (Mi li tary and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited ; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Phi lippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 Dl!:CEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


12th PLATOON, 59th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LINEAGE

Organized 1 August 1921 in the Regular Army on board the U.S.A.T. Sherrnan as Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 59th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . (Additionally designated 30 J une 1922 as the 248th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 20 February 1924.) Inactivated 30 September 1922 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Redesignated 20 February 1924 as Headquarters Battery and Combat T rain, 1st Battalion, 59th Coast Artill ery. Activated 30 May 1941 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island , Philippine Islands. Disbanded 24 December 194 7.

Reconstituted 6 J une 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 12th Platoon, 59th Artillery. Activated 24 J une 1958 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma. Inactivated 12 September 1960 at Fort Si ll , Oklahoma. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 12th Platoon, 59th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War 11- AP

Philippine Islands

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (H arbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND susrc BA vs (59th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)


Philippine Presidential Unit Citat io n, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DA G047, 1950)



RA (inactive)

LI NEAGE

Organized 30 May 194 1 in the Regular Army at Fort MiUs, Philippine Islands, as Battery K, 59th Coast Artillery. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Disbanded 24 December 1947.

Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 59th Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Fort l31iss, T exas. Inactivated 17 September 1962 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 59th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRED IT World War/l-AP

Philippine Islands

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer e mbroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Man ila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Fa r East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAN ILA AND SUBIC BAYS (59th Coast Artillery cited ; WD GO 2 1, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF T HE PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the Un ited States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

Phi lippine Pres idential Unit Citation , Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (59th Coast Artillery cited; DA G047, 1950)

59TH AIR D EFENSE ARTILLERY BlBI.lOGRAPHY

Belote, J ames H. , and William M. Corregidm·. The Saga of a Fo1·tress. New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1967.

59th AAA, A W Battalion (SP), Fort Bliss, Texas, 1949. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.

Morton, Louis. The Fall of the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953.


COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess embattled sable and gules fimbr iated or a pile in bend of the third the lower portion obscured by the second tincture, in sinister chief a mullet of the third.

C?-est: On a wreath of the colors, or and sable, a carabao sku ll sable horned or.

Motto: Coelis bnfJem·mus (We Rule the Heavens). Symbolism: The shield is divided horizontally, the dividing line embat

tled to represent defense. The lower half of the shield is red for artillery; the upper half black and gold significant of service in the Orient. A searchlight beam symbolizes the never-end in g vigilance the organization exercises in searching for enemy aircraft. The star has a double significance. ll is symbolic of Texas, the Lone Star State, where the unit was reorganized after World War I, and its battleground in the sky.

The carabao horns are symbolic of service in the Phi lippine Islands.

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGN!A


LINEAGE AND HONORS

LINEAGE

Constituted 23 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 60th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) and organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia, from existing Regular Army companies and National Guard companies from Virginia and the District of Columbia. Demobilized 24 February 1919 at Fort Wash ington, Maryland. Reconstituted 26 October 1922 in the Regular Army as the 60th Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft) and organized at Fort Crockett, Texas. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 60th Coast Artillery, with 1st Battalion organized at Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands. Headquarters activated 31 August 1925 at Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands ( lst Battalion [less Batteries A and B] concurrently inactivated and Battery E activated at Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands). (1st Battalion and Battery Factivated l Apri l 1929 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.) Remainder of regiment activated 30 May 1941 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

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Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island , Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 7 December 1949 as the 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Redesignated 27 July 1950 as the 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 17 June J 957 at Southampton, England.

Reorganized and redesignated 31 J uly 1959 as the 60th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Anns Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 60th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World WM I


World War II Philippine Islands

Vitlllwn Coumeroffensive, Phase II Counteroffensive, Phase Ill Tet Counteroffensive

DECORATIONS

Coumeroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet Counteroffensive Summer-fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VLI Consolidation I Consolidation II

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND susie BAYS (60th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)


Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1968 (4th Battalion, 60th Artillery, cited; DA GO 1, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968- 1969 (4th Battalion, 60th Artillery, cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

Philippine Presidential Un it Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEi'vrBER 1941 TO l 0 MAY 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 4 7, 1950)


1st BATT ALI ON, 60th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery G, 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 29 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February I 901 as the 77th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 77th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 6 July 1916 as the 3d Company, Fort Barrancas [Florida]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of Pensacola. Disbanded 30 November 1919 at Pensacola, Florida. Reconstituted 1 June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of Key West (active) (organized 9 August 1921 in the Regular Army at Key West, Florida), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 77th Company, Coast Arti11ery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 26 October 1922 as Battery B, 60th Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft). Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery B, 60th Coast Artillery. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 1 August 1946 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 7 December 1949 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Redesignated 27 July 1950 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 17 J une 1957 at Sou.thampton, England.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 60th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Gary, Indiana. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 1st Battalion, 60th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 30 September 1974 at Munster, Indiana.

CAMPAIGN PARTICfJ>ATlON CREDIT World War I


DECORATIONS

World Wm· II *Philippine Islands

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential Un!t Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND SUBlC BAYS (60th Coast Arti llery cited; WD GO 21 , 1942)


*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered D£FENSE

OF THE PHILIPPI NES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MA v 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 4 7, 1950)




Constituted 8 March 1898 in the Regular Army as Battery K, 7th Regiment of Artillery. Organized 29 March 1898 at Fort Slocum, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 1 as the 80th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 Februa1·y 1907 as the 80th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 6 July 1916 as the 1st Company, Key West Barracks [Florida]. Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of Key West. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 80th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Consolidated 26 Octobe r 1922 with Battery C, 60th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (see ANNI::X), a nd consolidated unit reorganized a nd redesignated as Battery C, 60th Artillery Batta lion (Antia ircraft) . Redesignated l J uly 1924 as Battery C, 60th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 31 August 1925 at Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands. Activated 1 April1 929 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the j apanese forces on Corregidor Isla nd, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated l August 1946 as Battery C, 60th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redes ignated 7 December 1949 as Battery C, 60th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Red es ignated 27 July 1950 as Battery C, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 17 J une 1957 at Southa mpton, England.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 60th ArtiiJery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated I Septe mber I 958 at Orland Park, Illinois. Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Orland Park, Illinois. Redesignated 12 J a nuary 1970 as the 2d Battalion, 60th Artillery, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 23 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 60th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Demobilized 24 February 19 19 at Fort Washington, Maryland. Reconstituted 26 October 1922 in the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN P ARTI C I PATJON CREDiT

World War I *St. Mihicl *Me usc-Argonne

\Vorld \Var II *Philippine Islands


DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citatio n (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN

(Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, Uni ted States Arm y in the Far East, cited ; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential U nit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red MANILA

AND SUJJ IC BAYS (60th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942) *Presiden tial Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE

OF T H E PHILIPP INES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Presidential Unit C itation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MA v 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 4 7, 1950)




Constituted 7 June 1907 in the Regular Army as the 128th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized in 1907 at Fort McHenry, Maryland. Redesignated in Ju ly 1916 as the 1st Company, Fo rt Crockett [Texas]. Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of Galveston. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 128th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 26 October 1922 as Battery A, 60th Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft). Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery A, 60th Coast Artillery. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the Japanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 1 August 1946 as Battery A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 7 December 1949 as Battery A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobi le. Re d es ignated 27 J u ly 1950 as Battery A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 17 J une 1957 at Southampton, England.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquar ters and H eadquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 60th Artillery (organic elements concurren tly constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Eureka, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 September 1961 in Pennsylvania. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery. Redesig nated 13 September 1972 as the 3d Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery, and activated in Germany.


St. Mihiel Meusc·Argonne

DECORATIONS



*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND sus1c BA vs (60th Coast Artillery cited ; WD GO 21, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PlllLJ PPI NES (Mi litary and naval forces of th e United States engaged in the defense of the Phi lippines cited; WD GO 22, J 942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philip p ine Presidential Un it C itation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10MAY 1942(60thCoastArtillerycited; DAG0 47, 1950)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 60th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 April 1929 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surre ndered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Absorbed 1 August J 946 by Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battal ion. (Battery B, 60th Coast Artillery, redesignated 1 August 1946 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas; redesignated 7 December 1949 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile; redesignated 27 july 1950 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion; inactivated 17 June 1957 at Southampton, England.)

Former Battery F, 60th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 12 August 1958 in the Regu lar Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 60th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Midway, Washington. Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Redmond, Washington. Redesignated 25 April 1966 as the 4th Battalion, 60th Artillery. Activated 25 J une 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 31 J uly 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War /



\f ielllam *Coumeroffensive, Phase II *Counteroffensive, Phase Ill *T et Counteroffensive

DECORATIONS

*Coumeroffcnsive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive, Phase V *Counteroffensive, Phase VI *Tel 69/Counteroffensive *Summe•·- fall 1969 *Winter- spring 1970 *Sanctuary Coumeroffensive *Coumeroffensive, Phase VI I *Consolidation I *Consolidation II


*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAN ILA AND SUB IC BAYS (60th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defe nse of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)


*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Su·eame r embroidered V I ETNAM

1967-1968 (4th Battal ion, 60th Artillery, cited ; DA GO 1, 1969) *Meritorious Unit Comme nclat.ion, Streamer e mbroidered VIETNAM

1968-1969 (4th Battalion, 60th Artille ry, cited; DA GO 39, 1970) *Phil ippine Presidential Unit Citation, Stream e r e mbro ide red

7 DECEM HER 194 l TO l 0 MA v J 942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 4 7, 1950)

*Republic of' Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streame r embroid ered Vl£TN AM 1967-1972 (4 th Battalion, 60th Artillery, cited; DA GO 54, 1974)

Battery A additionally entitled to Presidential Un it Citation (Army), Streamer emb1·o idered ill H TIIUA PROVI NCE (Battery A, 4th Battalio n , 60th Artillery, cited; DA GO 2, 1973)

Batte ry D add itionally e ntill ed to Republic of Vietnam Civil Action H onor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1969 (Battery D, 4th Baualion, 60th Artillery, cited; DA GO 53, 1970)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 2 February 1907 in the Regular Army as the !27th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized in 1907 at Fort Fremont, South Carolina. Redesignated in J uly 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Crockett [Texas]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Galveston. Redesignated I june 1922 as the I 27th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 26 October 1922 as H eadquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 60th Artillery Baualion (Antiaircraft). Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Headquarters Battery, 60th Coast Artillery, and inactivated at Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands. Activated 31 August 1925 at Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands. Sun·endered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesi·gnated l August 1946 as H eadquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 7 December 1949 as Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Redesignated 27 July 1950 as Headquarters Bauery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 17 J une 1957 at Southampton, England. Consolidated 12 August 1958 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, l st Battalion, 60th Coast Artillery (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 60th Coast Artillery.

Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 60th Artillery. Relieved 3 August 1959 from allotment to the Regular Army, allotted to the Arm y Reserve, and assigned to the Fifth United States Army (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1959 at South Bend, Indiana. Reorga nized and redesignated I October 1960 as the 5th Howitzer Battalion , 60th Arti llery. Redesignated 23 .June 1966 as the 5th Battalion, 60th Arti llery. Inactivated I September 1971 at South Bend, Indiana; concurrentl y redesignated as the 5th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery.

AN t::X

Constituted 23 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, lst Battalion, 60th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Demobilized 24 February 1919 at Fort Washington, Maryland. Reconstituted I J uly I 924 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, l st Battalion , 60th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Wi lliam McKinley, Philippine Islands. Inactivated


31 August 1925 at Fort Wi lli am McKinley, Philippine Islands. Redesignated 17 March 1930 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Battalion , 60th Coast Artillery. Activated 30 May 194 1 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Absorbed 1 August 1946 by Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Coast Artillery, redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquar ters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas; redesignated 7 December 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile; redesignated 27 july 1950 as Headquarters a nd Headquarte1·s Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion; inactivated 17 June 1957 at Southam pton, England.) Former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, lst Battalion, 60th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 12 August 1958 in the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT World W(lr I

*St. Mihicl *Meusc-i\rgonnc

DECORATIONS


*Presiden tia l Un it Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Man ila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AND suBJC 13AYS (60th Coast Ar tille ry cited; WD GO 21, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF THE Ptt tLlPPtNES (Mil itary and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMUER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (60th Coast Arti llery cited; DA G047, 1950)



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 23 December 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d Battalion , 60th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Demobilized 24 February 1919 at Fort Washington, Maryland. Reconstituted l July 1924 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters, 2d Battalion, 60th Coast Artillery. Redesignated 17 March J 930 as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 60th Coast Artillery. Activated 30 May 1941 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the Japanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands.

Absorbed 1 August L 946 by Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. (H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Coast Artillery, redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas; redesignated 7 December 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile; redesignated 27 July 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Ba ttalion; inactivated 17 June 1957 at Southampton, England.) Former H eadquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 60th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 12 August 1958 in the Regular Army.

Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 60th Artillery. Redesignated 16 February 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 60th Artille ry (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 25 March 1961 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 60th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 Septem ber 1972 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRI::DIT World War I

*St. Mihicl *Meusc-Argonnc

DECORATIONS



*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAN 1 LA

AND SUBIC UAYS (60th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 2 1, 1942)


*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red DEFENSE

or THE PIIILIPPI NES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Pres idential Unit Citation , Streamer embroide red 7 DECEMUER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA G047, 1950)



(inactive) LIN EA(.;£

Constituted I July 1924 in the Regula r Army as Battery D, 60th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 April 1929 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island , Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Redesignated I August 1946 as Battery D, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 7 December 1949 as Battery D, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Wea pons Batta lion, Mobi le . Redes igna ted 27 July I 950 as Battery D, 60th Antiaircraft Artille ry Battalion. Disbanded 15 November 1954 at Southampton, England. Reconstituted 12 July 1958 in the Regu lar Army.

Redesignated 31 J u ly 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Battalion, 60th Artille ry. Redesignated 18 June 1966 as Battery G, 60th Artillery. Redesignated 29 June 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Batta lion , 60th Arti llery, a nd activated at Fort Bliss, Texas (organic clements concurren tly constituted and activated). Battalion assigned 11 Decembe r 1970 to the 82d Airborne Divis ion. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 7th Battalion, 60th Air De fense Artillery. Inactivated 13 Septembe r 1972 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina , and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Divisio n.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATIO CREDIT World War I World War II

Sl. Mihiel * Philippine Islands Mcuse-Argonnc

DECORATIONS

*Preside ntial Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embro idered UATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Man ila a nd Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited ; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Preside nti al Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA AN D SU BIC BAYS (60th Coast Artillery cited ; WD GO 21 , 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Arm y), Streamer e mbroide red DEFENSE OF T i lE PH LLIPI'INES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited ; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, St reamer e mbroide red 7 DECEM UER 194 J TO 10 MA v 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited ; DA GO 47, 1950)



(inactive) LI NEAG~

Constituted I J uly 1924 in the Regular Army as Battery E, 60th Coast Arti lle ry. Activated 1 April J 929 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces on Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 Apri.l 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Absorbed l August 1946 by Battery A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. (Batte ry A, 60th Coast Artillery, redesignated I August 1946 as Battery A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Ba ttalion , a nd activa ted at Fort Bliss, Texas; redesignated 7 December 1949 as Battery A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , Mobile; redesignated 27 J u ly 1950 as Battery A, 60th Antia ircraft Artillery Batta lion; inactivated 17 J une 1957 at Southampton, England.) Former Battery E, 60th Coast Artill ery, reconstituted 12 August 1958 in the Regula r Army.

Redesignated 31 j u ly 1959 as Headquarters and Headquar ters Battery, 8th Battalion, 60th Artillery. Activated 7 November 1970 at Fort Bliss, T exas (organic elements concurrently constilllted and activated). Battalion assigned 20 May 197 1 to the 2d Armored Divisio n. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 8th Battalion , 60th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATiON CREDIT Worill War I

St. Mihiel Mcusc-At·gonne

DECORATIONS

World War// *Philippine Islands

*Presiden tial Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAA; (Harbor Defenses of Man ila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited ; WD GO 14, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MAN ILA AND SUBLC BAYS (60th Coast Arti llery cited ; WD GO 2 1, 1942)

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide red DEFENSE OF Ti l E PHILIPPI NES (Mili tary a nd nava l fo rces o f the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

*Phil ip p ine Pres identia l Unit C itation, Streamer e mbroidered 7 DECEMBER 194 1 TO 10 MA v 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 47, 1950)


12th DETACHMENT, 60th AIR DEFENSE ARTLLLERY

RA (inactive)

LI NEAGE

Constituted 30 May 1941 in the Regular Army as Battery I , 60th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the J apanese forces o n Corregidor Island, Philippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Absorbed 1 August 1946 by Batte ry A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. (Battery A, 60th Coast Artillery, redesignated 1 August 1946 as Battery A, 60th An tiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , and activated at Fort Bl iss, Texas; r,edesign ated 7 December 1949 as Battery A, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalio n, Mobile; redesignated 27 July 1950 as Battery A, 60th Antia ircraft Artillery Battalion; inactivated 17 J une 1957 at Southampton, England.)

Former Battery I, 60th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 12th Detachment , 60th Artillery. Activated 15 September 1958 at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska. Inactivated 15 September 1960 at Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 12th Detachment, 60th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War !l-AP

Philippine Islands

DECORATIONS

Presidentia l Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East, cited ; WD GO 14, 1942)

Presidentia l U nit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HARBOR DEFENSES OF MAN 1 LA AND SUBIC BA vs (60th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF T H E PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

Philippine Pres idential Unit Citation, Str eam e r em broidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



LI NEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 30 May 194 1 in the Regular Army as Battery K, 60th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Mills, Phili ppine Isla nds. Surrendered 6 May 1942 to the Japanese forces on Corregidor Island, Phil ippine Islands. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands.

Absorbed I August 1946 by Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. (Bauery B, 60th Coast Artillery, redesignated 1 August 1946 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas; redesignated 7 December 1949 as Battery B, 60th Antia ircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , Mobile; redesignated 27 J uly 1950 as Battery B, 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Batta lion; inactivated 17 June 1957 at Southampton, England.)

Former Ballery K, 60th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 60th Arti ll ery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Inactivated I .J u ly 1962 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 60th Air Defense Arti lle•·y.

CAMPA IGt PARTICIPATIO CREDIT Wol'/d War/l- AP

Philippine Islands

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (1\rmy), Streamer embroidered BATAAN (Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, United States Army in the Far East,cited; WDGO 14, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embt·oidered lt ARI30R DEFENSES OF MANILA AND SUB IC BAYS (60th Coastl\rtillery cited; WD GO 21, 1942)

Presidentia l Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFL·:NsE O F

Til E PHILIPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942 (60th Coast Artillery cited; DA GO 4 7, 1950)


60TII AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BtBI.J()(:RJ\PI IY

Belote, J ames H., and William M. Corregidor. 1'/u Saga of a Fortress. ew York: Harper and Rovv Publishers, 1967.

Coleman , .J.D. 1st Air Cavah)' Division, Memoirs r?f" the First Team, Vietnam, August 1965- Dt'cem.ber 1969. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1970. Contains information about the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Del"ense Artillery.

The District of Columbia Coast Artille')' National Guard, 1915-1919. Menasha, Wis.: George Banta Publishing Company, 192 1. Contains information about Battery 0 , 60th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) in World War I.

"Histo ry of Battery F, Sixtieth Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps (Formerly Ninth Company, Virginia Coast Artillery)." Vi1ginia Militmy 01ganizations in the World War. Richmond : Virginia War History Commission, 1927, pp. 351-54.

Kirkpatrick, Charles £. "ADA in Bataa n: A Retrograde Ope ration, "Air Defense A·rtille1y (Spring L 985): 40-45.

Milton , Marshall M. "Hiswry of Battery B, Sixtieth Regiment, Coast Artille ry Corps (Formerly Fifth Company, Virginia Coast Artillery)." Vi?·ginia Miliun)' Organizt1lions in the \1\foT/d War. Richmond: Virginia War History Commission, 1927, pp. 340-49.

Morton, Louis. The Fallofthe Philippines. United SLates Army in World War ll. Washington: Governmenl Prin ting Oflicc, 1953.

60th AAA, AW Battalion (M), Fo·rl Bliss, T exas, 1949 . Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.


COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess dancette argent and sable, a thunderbolt bend wise proper penetrating the chariot wheel of Helios winged with two dexter wings inverted forming a saltire with the first charge all counterchanged and upon the wheel the sun in splendor of the third .

C1·est: On a wreath of the colors, argent and sable, an eagle's head erased or.

Motto: Non Est ad Astra Mollis e Terris Via (The Way to the Stars Is Not Easy).

Symbolism: The purpose of the regiment is depicted in Greek mythology by the winged chariot of Helios brought to earth by a lightn ing bolt thrown by Zeus, as follows: Helios, the sun, drove across the heavens from east to west daily, in a winged chariot drawn by the celestial horses. Phaeton, his son, obtained permission from his father to take his place in the chariot for one day. He had scarcely taken the reins when the horses, despising their weak driver, turned out of their path and set everything on fire. When the chariot came so near the earth that the Ethiopi?nS were blackened by the near approach of the sun, Zeus, with a well-aimed lightning bolt, wrecked the chariot and sent it plunging into the river Po. T his is the first pictorial record of a hit being scored against an aerial target.

The shield is divided by the sawtooth line taken from Lord Delaware's arms, the basis of the coat of arms for the Coast Defenses of the Chesapeake. T he colors white and black, dividing the shield, stand for day and night.

The crest is from the arms of j ames Monroe with the colors reversed, a red eagle's head on a gold shield .

DISTINCTIVE l NSlCNIA

The d istinctive insignia is the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND H ONORS

LINI!.AGE

Constituted 9 March I 918 in the Regular Army as the 6lst Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) and organized at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina,

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from existing Regular Army companies and National Guard companies from Georgia and South Carolina. Demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Upton, New York. Reconstituted 1 July 1921 in the Regular Army as the lst Antiaircraft Battalion and organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia, from existing Regular Army units. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 6lst Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft). Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1924 as the 61st Coast Artillery with Batteries A, B, and E and Headquarters organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia. (1st Battalion [less Batteries A and B) activated 18 November 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; 2d Battalion [less Battery E) activated 28 November 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; 3d Battalion constituted 9 October 1942 in the Regula1· Army and activated 8 January 1943 at Rey~javik, Iceland.)

Regiment inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England, and personnel concurrently transferred to the fo llowing units, which were constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 92d Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 1st Battalion to the 184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; 2d Battalion to the 634th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; and 3d Battalion to the 635th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 92d Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 30 October 1945 in Germany. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Headquarters and Headquarters ·Battery, 6 lst Coast Artillery (disbanded 14 June J 944 and reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 61st Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated l April 1955 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 1 Aprill 958 as Headquarters an d Headquarters Battery, 6 1st Artillery Group. Inactivated 25 August 1961 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with the 1st Battalion, 61 st Coast Artillery (d isbanded 14 June 1944 and reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 61st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 21 August 1950 as the 61st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the 6th Armored Division. Activated 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division.

634th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 6 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Consolidated 28 J une 1950 with the 2d Battalion, 6lst Coast Artillery (disbanded 14 June t944 and reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army), and the 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 39th Antiaircraft Artil-


lery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Redesignated 31 July 1950 as the 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 17 J une 1957 in England.

635th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 27 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with the 3d Battalion, 6lst Coast Artillery (disbanded 14 June 1944 and reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 20 October 1950 as the 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 10 November 1951 in Korea. Redesignated 19 November 1952 as the 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Activated 26 November 1952 at Camp Roberts, California. Redesignated 31 March 1953 as the 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1957 at Castle Air Force Base, California.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6lst Artillery Group; 6lst Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; and 39th and 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 25 August 1961 as the 61st Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 61st Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 788th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 April 1943 at Camp Hulen, Texas. Redesignated 30 April 1943 as the 788th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 29 June 1946 in France. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREon-

World War f Streamer without inscription

W orld Warff Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardcnnes-Aisace

DECORATIONS

Centra l Europe Iceland 1942 England 1944

Korean War CCF intervention First UN counte•·offensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH

(634th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; WD GO 108, 1945)


1st BATTALION, 6lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as a company in the Regiment of Light Artillery. Organized in 1808 as Capt. Nathan Estabrook's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 1 March 1811 as Capt. Robert H. MacPherson's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 1812 as Capt. Luther Leonard's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 1815 as Capt. Gabriel Manigault's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 18 16 as Company B, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated l June 1821 as Company G, 1st Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 6th Company, Coast Artille ry, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 6th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 1916 as the 6th Company, Fort Monroe [Virginia]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 6th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay.

Reorganized and redesignated 23 December 1917 as Battery E, 60th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 24 February 1919 at Fort Washington, Maryland.

Reconstituted l June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 1st Antiaircraft Battalion (organized l J uly 1921 in the Regular Army at Fort Monroe, Virginia), and consol idated unit redesignated as Battery A, 6lst Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft) (concurrently additionally designated as the 6th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished! July 1924). Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery A, 6lst Coast Artillery. Consolidated 16 October 1936 with Battery A, 6lst Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (constituted 9 March 1918 in the Regular Army and organized at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina; demobilized28 February 1919 at Camp Upton, New York), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 61st Coast Artillery.

Inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England; personnel concurrently transferred to Battery A, I 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England). Battery A, 184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery A, 6lst Coast Artillery (disbanded 14 June 1944 and reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery A, 6lst Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 21 August 1950 as Battery A, 6lst Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 6th Armored Division. Activated 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC D ATA 301

Leonard Wood, Missouri, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division.

Redesignated 12 August J 958 as Headquarters and H eadquarte rs Battery, 1st Missile Batta lion, 6lst Artillery (organic e lements concurrently constituted). Battalio n activated 1 September 1958 at Travis Air Force Base, California. Redesig nated 20 December 1965 as th e 1st Battalion, 61st Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 1st Battalion , 6 1 stAir Defense Artillery. Inactivated 30 August 1974 at T ravis Air Force Base, California.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT War of /812

*Canada

Jndiau Wars *Seminoles

Mexictm War *Cerro Gordo *Comrcras *Churubusco *Chapultepec *Vet·a Cru7. 1847 *Mexico 1847

Civil War *Bull Run *Peninsula *Manassas

*Cold Harbor *Virginia 1863 *Virginia 1864 *West Virginia 1863

World War / *St. Mihicl *Meuse-Argonnc

World WM· II *Normandy *Nonhem France *Rhineland

At·denncs-Aisace *Cemral Europe *Iceland 1942 *Englaud 1944

*Allli Ct<~m

*Fredericksburg *Chanccl lot·sville

Korean War

*Geuysburg *Wilderness •Spotsylvania

DE<.:ORATIO s

CCF intervention First UN coutllerofl'ensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-lid! offensive

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) , Streamer embroidered ST. VITI 1

*Belgian Fourragcre 1940 (!84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP (!84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belg ian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP ll ARllOR ( I 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Batta lion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


2d BATTALION, 6lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(2d Infantry Division) LI NEAGE

Organized 30 May 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Monroe, Virginia, as the 13th Company, Fort Monroe [Virginia]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 5th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay.

Reorganized and redesignated l july 1921 as Battery B, 1st Antiaircraft Battalion. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as Battery B, 61st Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft) (concurrently add itionally designated as the 257th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 July 1924). Redesignated 1 .July 1924 as Battery B, 61st Coast Artillery.

Inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England; personnel concurrently transferred to Battery B, 184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England). Battery B, I 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Stand ish, Massachusetts. Consol idated 28 June 1950 with Battery B, 61st Coast Artillery (disbanded 14 J une 1944 and reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery B, 61st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 21 August 1950 as Battery B, 61st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 6th Armored Division. Activated 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division.

Redesignated 7 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Gun Battalion, 61sL Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 on Okinawa. Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1959 as the 2d Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery. Redesignated 30 June 1968 as the 2d Battalion, 6lst Artillery. Inactivated 1 May 1970 on Okinawa. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 6lst Air Defense Artillery. Assigned 13 September 1972 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated in Korea.

CAMPAIGN PART IC IPAT ION CREDIT

World War I Streamer without inscription

World WM II *Normandy *Northern France *Rhineland Ardennes-Aisacc

DECORATIONS

*Central Europe *Iceland 1942 *England 1944

Korea11 War CCF intervemion First UN coumeroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summe1·-fall offensive

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITI-I


*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (I 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP (184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP HARBOR (!84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



LINEAGE (3d Armored Division)

Constituted! j uly 1924 in the Regular Army as Battery D, 6 lst Coast Artillery. Activated 18 November 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

Inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England; personnel concurrently transferred to Battery D, 1 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England) . Battery D, 184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Consolidated 28 june 1950 with Battery D, 6 lst Coast Artillery (disbanded 14 J une 1944 and reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery D, 61st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 2 1 August 1950 as Battery D, 6lst Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 6th Armored Division. Activated 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated I 6 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri, and relieved from assig.nment to the 6th Armored Division.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery (organ ic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Loring Air Force Base, Maine. Inactivated 25 J une 1966 at Loring Air Force Base, Maine. Redesignated 9 March 1970 as the 3d Battalion, 6lst Artillery and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Assigned 2 September 1970 to the 3d Armored Division. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 61st Air Defense Artillery.


Streamer without iuscriptiou

World Wm·/1 *Normandy *Nonhem France *Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace

DECORATIONS


Korean War CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive

Presidential Un it Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. vrTH

*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP (184th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWERP HARBOR (!84th Antiaircraft Artillery Glln Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)


4th BATTALION, 6lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

LI NEAGL·: (4th Infantry Division)

Constituted 2 November 1907 in the Regular Army as the 168th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Organized 20 November 1907 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Redesignated I July 1916 as the 8th Company, Fort Monroe [Virginia]. Redesignated 3 1 August 19 17 as the 8th Company, Coast Defenses of Chesapeake Bay.

H.eorganized and redesignated 23 December 1917 as Headquarters Company, 60th Ani llery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 24 February 1919 at Fort Monroe, Vit·ginia.

Reconstituted I June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurren tly consolidated with Battery C, 1st Antiaircraft Battalio n (organized 1 July 1921 in the Regu lar Army at Fort Mon roe, Virginia), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery C, 61 st Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft) (concurrently additionally designated as the 168th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 July 1924). Redesignated I J uly 1924 as Battery E, 6 1 st Coast Artillery .

Inactivated 10 A~.Jgust 1943 at Honiton, England ; personnel concurrently transferred to Battery A, 634th Antiait·craft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated I 0 August 1943 at Honiton, England). Battery A, 634th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, inactivated 6 October 1945 at Camp Kilmet·, New J ersey. Consolidated 28 Ju ne 1950 with Battery£, 6 1st Coast Artillery (disbanded 14June 1944 and reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army), and Battery A, 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEx),

and consol idated unit designated as Battery A, 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Redesignated 3 1 July 1950 as Battery A, 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Battal ion. Inactivated 17 June 1957 in England.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 61 st Artillery (organic elements concurrently constilllted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at San Francisco, Cali forn ia. Inactivated 25 March 1966 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Redesignated 3 J anuary 1969 as the 4th Battalion, 6 l st Artillery, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. Assigned (less Batteries C and 0) 14 August 1969 to the 5th I nfantry Division (Batteries C and D concurrently assigned to the 4th Infantry Division). Relieved (less Batteries C and D) 15 December 1970 [rom assignment to the 5th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 September l 971 as the 4th Baualion, 61 st Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as

306 AIR DEFE SE ARTILLERY

Battery A, 788th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 April 1943 at Camp Hulen , Texas. Red esignated 30 April 1943 as Battery A, 788th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 29 J une 1946 in France. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.


World IVar I *SL. Mihiel *1\leuse-Argonne

*Cemral Europe *Iceland 19'12 *England 1944

World W(lr II *Normandy *Nonhern France

Kouan Wflr

*Rhineland *Arden ncs· A Is ace

DECORATIONS

CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITI 1

(634th Antiaircra ft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; WD GO I 08, 1945)


HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY 5th BATTALION, 6 l st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA LINEAGE (inactive)

Co nstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 6lst Coast Artillery. Activated 18 November 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

Inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England; personnel concurrently transferred to Battery C, I 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gu n Batta lion (constitu ted 25 Februat·y 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated I 0 August I 943 at Honiton, England). Batte ry C, l84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Stand ish, Massachusetts . Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery C, 6 1 st Coast Artillery (disbanded 14 June 1944 and reconstituted 28 june 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated un it red esignated as Battery C, 6lst Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion . Red esignated 2 1 August 1950 as Battery C, 6 1 st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalio n, an e lement o f the 6th Armored Divisio n. Activated 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missou ri . Inactivated 16 Mai·ch 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri, and reli eved f rom assignme nt to the 6th Armo red Division.

Redesignated I 2 August 1958 as Battery C, 6 1 st Arti llery. Activated I September 1958 a t Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 25 April 1959 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 25 August 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 6 1st Artillery. Red esignated 1 S·eptember 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 5th Battalion , 6lst Air Defense Artillery.

CAM I'A IGN PARTIC II'ATIOJ CRED IT WorldWnr l


World \¥(11' II *Nonnandy *Nonheru France *Rhineland Arclenncs-Alsace

*Central Europe

DECORATIONS

*Iceland 19'12 *England I !l4•1

Korean Wm CCF intervention First U1 coumeroffensivc CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive

Presidential Un it Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. V !T H

*Belgia n Fourragerc 1940 ( l84th Antiaircraft Artillery G un Battalio n cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army fo r act ion in d efense of ANTWERP ( !84th Antiaircraft A r ti llery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day o f the Belgian Army for act ion in defense of' ANTWERP IIARBOR (! 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Batta lio n cited; DA GO 43, J'950)


6th BATTALION, 6 l st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) L I NEAGE

Constituted 9 March 19 18 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 6 1 st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Moultrie, South Carol ina. Demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Upton, New York . Reconstituted _1 J uly 1924 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, lst Battalion , 6lst Coast Artillery. Activated 18 November 1939 at Fort Sheridan, IIJinois, as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, I st Battalion, 6 lst Coast Artillery.

Inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England; personnel concurrently transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, L84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England). Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, L84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massach usetts. Consolidated 28 j une 1950 with H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, l st Battalion, 6 1st Coast Ar ti llery (disbanded 14 June 1944 and reconstitu ted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army) , and consolidated un it redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 61st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 21 August 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6 lst Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 6th Armored Division. Activated 5 September 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division.

Redesignated 16 February 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 61 st Arti llery (organic clements concurremly constituted). Battalion activated 25 March 1961 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 25 August 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 61st Artillery. Redesignated l September I 97 1 as the 6th Battalion, 61 st Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

CAMPA IGN PARTI C II'ATION CR!::DIT

\Vodd War I *Streamer without inscription

World W<1r II *Norm:~ndy *Nonhern France *Rhincd:~nd Ardennes-Alsace

DECORA·l~ I ONS


KorNm W<1r C:CF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive

Prcsidential .U nit Citation (Army), Streamer embroide~·ed ST. VJTH


*Belgian Fourragere 1940 (I 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANTWI£RP (I 84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in defense of ANT WERP HARBOR (l84th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constitu ted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 2d Battalion, 6 1st Coast Artillery. Activated 28 November 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, as Headquarters and Headquarters Bauery, 2d Battalion, 61st Coast Artillery.

Inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England; personnel concurrently transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 634th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated 1 0 August1943 at Honiton, England). Headquarters and 1-Ieadquarters Battery, 634th Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion, inactivated 6 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 6 1 st Coast Artillery (d isbanded 14 J une 1944 and reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army), and Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile (active) (see ANNEx), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Redesignated 31 July 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 39th Antiaircraft A rtillery Battalion. Inactivated 17 June 1957 in England.

Redesignated 25 August 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Battalion, 61 st Arti llery. Activated 10 November J 969 at Fort Bliss, Texas (organ ic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Redesignated 1 Septembe1· 1971 as the 7th Battalion, 6lst Air Defense Arti llery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February J 943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, ?88th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 April 1943 at Camp Hulen, Texas. Redesignated 30 April 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 788th Antiaircraft Artill ery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 29 June 1946 in France. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 J a nuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.


CAMPAIGN P ARTICIPATION CREDIT

Wm'id War I Streamer wit hom inscription

World War II *Nonmmd y *Northern France *Rhineland * Ardennes-Aisace *Central Eu rope

D ECORATIONS

*Iceland 1942 *England 194•1

Korea11 War CCF i111 e rvemion First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive U N summer- fall offensive

311

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. V IT I-I

(634th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; WD GO 108, 1945)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 9 October 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 61st Coast Artillery. Activated8 January 1943 at Reykjavik, Iceland.

Inactivated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England; personnel concurrently transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 635th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated 10 August 1943 at Honiton, England). Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 635th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, inactivated 27 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Consolidated28 June 1950 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 61st Coast Artillery (d isbanded 14 June 1944 and reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 20 October 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 10 November 1951 in Korea. Redesignated 19 November 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Activated 26 November 1952 at Camp Roberts, California. Redesignated 31 March 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1957 at Castle Air Force Base, Cali forn ia.

Redesignated 25 August 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Battalion, 6lst Artillery. Activated 6 September 1970 at Fort Bliss, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) . Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 8th Battalion, 61st Air Defense Artillery, and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry· Division.

CAMPAiGN PARTI C IPATION CREDIT


World WCtrll *Normandy *Northern France *Rhincb1nd *A•·dennes-1\lsace *Central Europe

DECORATIONS

*Iceland 1942 *England 1944

Korean War *CCF intervent ion *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer- fall offensive

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITI-I


*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA (52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 41, 1955)

314 AIR DEFENSE A RT ILLERY

12th DETACHMENT, 6 l st AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

Ll 1l::AGE

AR (inactive)

Constituted 9 O ctober 194 2 in the Regu la r Army as Bal.lery K, 6 lst Coast Ani lle ry. Activated 8 J anuary 1943 at Reykjavik, Iceland.

I nactivated I 0 August 1943 at Honiton, Eng land ; pe rson nel concurrently trans ferred to Bauery B, 635th Antiaircraft Artille ry /\uLOmatic Weapons Baualion. Battery B, 635th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Batta lion , inactivated 27 March I 946 at Camp Kil mer, ew .J e rsey. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Bauery K, 6 1 st Coast Artille ry (disbanded 14 .J une 1944 and reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated un it redesignated as Batte ry B, 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Batta lion . Redesignated 20 October 1950 as Battery 13 , 52d Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Batta lion, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washi ngton. I nactivated I 0 1 ovember 195 1 in Korea. Red esignated 19 ovember 1952 as Batte ry B, 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Activated 26 November 1952 at Camp Roberts, Califo rn ia. Redesigna ted 3 1 March J 953 as Battery 13 , 52d An tia ircraft Ani lle ry Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1957 at Castle Air Force Base, Californ ia.

Red esig nated 24 July 1959 as the 12th Detachment, 6 l st Arti llery; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, a llotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the Fifth Un ited States Army. Activated l Septembe l· 1959 at Lafayette, Ind iana. Inactivated 3 1 J anuary 1963 at Lafayeue, Indiana. Redesig nated I September 197 1 as the 12th Detachment, 6 l st Air De fense Artill e ry.

CMvi PAlCN PARTICIP;\TIO

ll'orlt/11'111 11-t:IIM/~ i'lonnandv Nonhcrn ·F,·ann· Rhineland Ardc111ll'~· i\lsacc

Cem rat Europe England I \1<1 ·1

D t::COR ATIONS

Kormn 11'111 CCF in1crvcmion Fi1·~• U :-.1 cuu•uc•·offensi,·c CCF spring offensive UN su nuncr- fal l offensive

Republic o f Korea Presidentia l U nit Citation. Streamer e mbroide red KOREA (52cl Antia ircraft Arti lle ry Automatic Weapons Battal io n cited; DA GO 4 1, 1955)


16th DETACHMENT, 6lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 9 October 1942 in the Regular Army as Batte ry I, 6 1 st Coast Artillery. Activated 8 J anuary 1943 at Rey~avik, Iceland.

Inactivated 10 October 1943 at Ho nito n, England; personnel concurren tly transferred to Battery A, 635th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Battery A, 635th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, inactivated 27 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Consolidated 28 June 1950 with Battery I, 61 st Coast Artillery (d isbanded 14 June 1944 and reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit redesignated as Battery A, 52d Antiaircraft Arti llery B a tta lion. Red es ignated 20 O crobe r 1950 as Batte r y A, 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington. In activated 10 Nove mber 195 1 in Korea . Redesignated 19 November 1952 as Battery A, 52d Antiaircrafl Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , Mobile. Activated 26 November 1952 at Camp Roberts, California. Redesignated 31 March 1953 as Battery A, 52d Antiaircraft Artille ry Battalion. Inactivated 15 .June 1957 at Castle Air Force Base, California.

Redesignated 5 August 1958 as the 16th Detachment, 6lst Artillery . Activated l September 1958 at Camp Haven, Wisconsin. Inactivated I July 1962 at Fort Stevvart, Georgia . Redesignated I September 197 1 as the 16th Detachment, 6lst Air Defense Artille ry.

CAMPAIGN P ARTI C ! Pt\TION C REDIT

World War /1- EIIi\11£ Normand)• Nonhern Fnmce Rhineland i\ rdennes-1\ lsace Central Eu rope t::ngland 1944

D ECORATIONS

Korean War CCF intervention First UN cotuucroffensi\'C CCF spring offensive UN snmmer- fall offensive

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citatio n , Streamer em broidered KOREA (52d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 4 1, 1955)

61ST AIR D EFENSE A H.TlLLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aa ro n, J ohnS. "24th Division Antiaircraft Artillery." Antiai1·cmji 1\-rtilleJ)l .fou.nud 95 Qanuar y-Februa ry 1952) : 18-20. Conta ins information about the 52d An tiaircraft Artillery Battalion.


"Activities of the 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade." Antiai-rcraft Artillny joumal 93 (July 1950) :31-32 . Contains in formatio n about the 39th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Dyer, Frederick." 1st Regiment of Artillery." A ComjJendiumo/the War of the Rebellion. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Contains in formation about the current 1st Battalion, 6 lst Air Defense Artillery.

Gill , Burgo D. "The '61st Coast Artillery' Mechanized Force." Quarterrnastn Review 20 (Jan uary 1941) :39-41, 8 1-84.

Haskin, Will iam Lawrence. "The First RegimentofArtillery, 182 1-1876." The Army of the United States. Edited by Theophilus F. Rodenbaugh and William L. Haskin , 30 1- 11. Ne"" York: Maynard, Merrill and Company, 1896. Originally publ ished in the Joumal of the Military Se1·vice Institu.tionofthe United States 15 (1894):1321-31. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 6 1 st Air Defense Artillery.

---.The History of the First Regiment ofArtille?y; From 01·gcmization in 1821 to January 1st, 1876. Portland , Maine: B. Thurston and Company, 1879. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 6lst Air Defense Artillery.

Histo·ry of the I 84th AAA Gun Battalion, 1943-1945 . Fulda, Germany: Parzeller and Company, 1945.

Marquat, William F. "Automatic Artillery in Korea." Antiainraft Artillery jou.·rnal 93 (November- December 1950):2-9; 94 (Jan ua ry- February 195 1):2-12; (March-Apr il 1951):2-5; (May-J une 1951):2-6; (July- August 195 1):2-9; (September- October 195 1):2-5; (November-December 195 1):2-6; 95 U anu ary-February 1952) :2-5 ; (March- April 1952):8-10; (May-J une 1952): 12-15. Contains information about the 52d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Sprague, J ohn T. The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848. Reprint. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1964. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 6 l st Air Defense Artillery.

39th AAA, AW Battalion (M), Fo-rt Bliss, Texas, 1949. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.

"View From the Field : Clear the Sky." Air Defense Magazine (Apri l- J une 1973): 19-21. Pertains to the 2d Battalion, 61 st Air Defense Artillery.

Wilson, William H ., J ohn B. McClure, and J ohn McLaren. A Histmy of the Sixth C omjxmy, Coast AT tillery, Late Batte?)' "G," F i1'S l Untied Stales A 1·tille1)', 1808-1906. Hampton: H ouston Printing Company, 1906. Pertains to the current lst Battalion, 6lst Air Defense Arti llery.

62d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF AlUvfS

Shield: Gyronny of six embattled azure and gules, a circle of sixteen mullets argent.

C1·est: On a wreath of the colors, argent and azure, on a saltire azure fimbriated argen t two arrows of the last, a ll e ntwined with a serpent vert.

Motto: Nitimur in Alta (We Aim at High Things). Symbolism: The six embattled sectors symbolize participation in six

wars by units of the 62d Coast Artillery, from which the 62d Air Defense Arti ll ery is descended-the War of 1812, Indian Wars, Mexican War, Civil War, War With Spain, and the Philippine Insurrection. The blue and red and the sixteer mullets commemorate the date (1798) one e lement of the regiment was organized ; the uniforms worn by artillery soldiers were dark blue faced with sca rlet and there were sixteen states in the Union.

T he saltire, alluding to the Hag of the Confederacy, is blue to indicate that service of elements of the regiment during the Civil War was with the U nion Army. The two arrows represent the Indian Wars and the serpent the Mexican War.

DISTiNCT I VE INS I GN IA

The distinctive insignia is the shield of the coal of arms.

LINEAGE AND H ONORS LI NEAGE

Constituted l August 1921 in the Regular Army as the 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Organized 4 September 1921 at Fort Totten, New York, from existing units. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 62d Artillery Battalion (Antiaircraft).

Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1922 as the 62d Artillery (Antiaircraft) (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated I July 1924 as the 62d Coast Artillery. Regiment broken up 24 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; l st Battalion as the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; 2d Battal ion as the 893d Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion; and 3d Battalion as the 33lst Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion.

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Headqua rte rs and Headquarte rs Battery, 80th Antiaircra ft Artillery Group , inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany. Activated 20 December J 948 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 20 Ma rch 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Artillery Group. Inactivated 24 June 1961 at Fort Wadsworth, New York.

62d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 13 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New j ersey. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as the 62d Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Ballalion. Activated 15 J a nuary J 949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Assigned 4 November 1949 to the 2d Armored Division. Relieved 20 October 1950 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division. Redesignated l October 1953 as the 62d Antiai t·craft Artille ry Battalion. Inactivated 15 September 1958 in Germany.

893d Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 50th Antiaircraft Arti ll e ry Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 8 .June 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 March 1953 as the 50th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Korea.

33 1st Antiaircraft Artille ry SearchligiH Baualion disbanded 4 December J 944 in Italy. Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Artillery Group; 62d and 50th Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalions; a nd 33 1 sL Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion co nsolid ated, reorga nized, a nd red esig nated 24 J une 196 1 as the 62d Artillery, a parent regiment unde r the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated J September 1971 as the 62d Air Defense Arti llery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATI ON CREDIT

W(tr of 1812 Streamer without inscription

Mexican War Vera Cru1. Cerro Gordo Comrcn1s Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapultcpcc Pucbla 18'17

h1diau War.~ Seminoles Washington 1858

Civil\Var Peninsula Amictam Frcdcr·icksbu rg Chancellorsvillc Gcu.ysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Shenandoah Virginia 1863

War With Spaill Manila

l'hilippille hiSin-rection Manila Malolos Luzon 189H

World War II Algeria-French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Rome-J\ruo Southern France Rhineland Ardett tt cs-Aisace Central Eur·opc

Korean War Ut defeusivc UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fa ll offensive Second Korean wimc•· Korea. summer-fall 1952 Third Korean wintet· Korea, summer 1953


DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON (50th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; D A GO 63, 1952)



(25th Infantry Division) L INEAGE

Constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Eng ineers. Organized in 1798 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Capt. Callender Irvine's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and E_ngineers. Redesignated 3 March 1799 as Capt. Callender Irvine's Company, 2d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Consolidated 28 October 1800 with Capt. William Steele's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers (constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army and organized near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Capt. Walter L. Cochran's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers; redesignated in 1800 as Capt. William Steele's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers) , and consolidated unit designated as Capt. Callender Irvine's Company, 2d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Redesignated 20 May I80 1 as Capt. George W. Carmichael's Company, 2d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. Consolidated I April 1802 with Capt. William A. Barron's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers (constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army and organized at Fort J ay, New York), and Capt. William Deveaux's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists a nd Engineers (constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army and organized at FortJay, New York, as Capt. Francis K. Huger's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers; redesignated in I80 J as Capt. William Deveaux's Company, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and ~ngineers), and consolidated unit redesignated as Capt. George Ingersoll's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 8 july 1802 as Capt. john W. Livingston's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated in july 1804 as Capt. Richard Whiley's Company, Regiment of Artillerists. Redesignated 11 January 18 12 as Capt. J ames R. Hanham's Company, 1st RegimenL of Artillery. Redesignated J 2 May J 8 14 as Capt. j ames R. Hanham's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated in April 1815 as Capt. Richard L. Howell's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Capt. Richard L. Howell 's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 17 J une 1816 as Company K, 4th Battalion, Corps o f Artillery, Northern Division. Redesignated 1 J une 1821 as Company G, 2d Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 190 I as the 17th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 17th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps. Redesignated 5 Au gust 1916 as the 4th Company, Fo rt Mills [Phi lippin e l s lands). Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 .June 1922 as the 17th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.


Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1922 as Battery B, 62d Artillery (Antiaircraft) (Coast Artille ry Corps) (concurrently additionally designated as the 17th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished l July 1924). Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery B, 62d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 24 March I 944 as Battery B, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 13 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New j ersey. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as Battery B, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 15 J an uary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. (62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion assigned 4 November 1949 to the 2d Armored Division; relieved 20 October 1950 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division.) Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery B, 62d Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalion. Inactivated 15 September 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 16 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion, 62d Artillery (organic clements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 June I 959 at St. Louis, Missouri. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 1st Battalion, 62d Artillery. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1969 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Activated 15 March 1971 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the lst Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery. Assigned 6 J anuary 1972 to the 25th 1 nfantry Division.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC I PATI ON CREDIT

Warof1812 *Streamer without inscription

Mexican Wt1r *Monterey *Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Contreras *Churubusco *Molino del Rey *Chapultepec *Puebla 1847

Indian Wars *Seminoles Washington 1858

Civil War *Bull Run *Peninsula *Antietam *Fredericksburg *Chanccllorsville *Ceuysburg *Wilderness *Spotsylvania Shenandoah

*Cold llarbor *Virginia 1861 *Virginia 1862 *Vi•·ginia 1863

War Witlt SJ){lin Manila

Philippine Insurrection Manila Malolos Luzon 1899

World War II *Algeria-French Morocco *Tunisia *Sicily *Romc-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *Ardenncs-Aisace *Central Em·opc

Korea11 War U defensive UN offensive CCF intervention Fit·st UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953


D ECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroide red IN C HON



(nondivisional) LI NI::AGE

Constituted 12 April 1808 in the Regular Army as a company in the Regiment of Light Artillery. Organized in 1808 as Capt. Georg·e Peter's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 1809 as Capt. Joseph G. Telfair's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 18 11 as Capt. William Campbell's Company of Light Arti l~ery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 18 12 as Capt. James Gibson's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated in 1813 as Capt. Arthur W. Thornton's Company of Light Artillery, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 22 May 1816 as Company F, Regiment of Light Artillery. Redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company H , 3d Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 30th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 30th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in 19 16 as the 1st Company, Fort Worden [Washington). Redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 1st Company, Coast Defenses of Puget Sound. Redesignated 1 J une 1922 as the 30th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1922 as Battery E, 62d Artillery (Antiaircraft) (Coast Artillery Corps) (concurrently additionally designated as the 30th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 July 1924). Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery E, 62d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 24 March 1944 as Battery A, 893d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. I nactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 50th Antiaircraft Artille ry Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 8 J une 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 March 1953 as Battet·y A, 50th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 J une 1958 in Korea.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 62d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Lancaster, New York. Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Lancaster, New York. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Missile Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 2d Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery, and activated in Germany.

324 AI R DEFENSE ARTILLERY


*Canada

Mexica11 Wm· *Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Contre ras *Churubusco

Molino del Rey *Chapultepec

Puebla 1847

Indian Wars *Seminoles Washington 1858

*Nevada 1860

Civil War Peninsula Antietam Fred ericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Shenandoah Virginia 1863

DECO RATIONS

Wa1· With Spain *Manila

PhilifJ!Jiue l usrm·ectiou *Manila *Malolos *Luzon 1899

World War II *Algeria-French Morocco (wiLh arrowhead) Tunisia Sicily

*Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace

*Central Europe

Korean Wm· *UN defensive *U N offensive *CCF imerven tion *First UN countcr·offensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second K01·ean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON (50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 63, 1952)

*Republic o f Korea Presidential U nit Cita tion, Streamer embroidered tNC HON-SEOUL-HUNCNAM (50th Antiaircra ft Ar tille ry Automatic Weapons Battalio n cited; DA GO 8, 1952)

*Republic of Ko rea Presidential Un it Citation , Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952 (50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 4 1, 1955)

*Republic of Ko rea Presiden tial Unit Citatio n, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (50th Amiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited ; DA GO 5 1, 1 957)



(inactive) L I NEAG E

Organized in 1812 in the Regular Army at Fort Independence, Massachusetts, as a detachment, 2d Regiment of Artillery, under the command of 2d Lt. William Smith. Expanded and redesignated in November 1812 as Capt. j ohn Gooda ll 's Company, 2d Regiment of Arti ll e ry . Redesignated 12 May 18 14 as Capt. john Goodall's Company, Corps of Artillery. Redesignated 17 May 18 15 as Capt. j ohn Goodall's Company, Corps of Artillery, South ern Division. Redesignated 21 August 18 J 6 as Company P, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division . Redesignated 1 .J unc 1821 as Company G, 3d Regiment of Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 29th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 29th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 Ju ly 1916 as the 9th Company, Fort Win field Scott [California]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 9th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redes ignated 1 june 1922 as the 29th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1922 as Batte ry C, 62d Artillery (Antiaircraft) (Coast Artillery Corps) (concurrently additionally designated as the 29th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished J july 1924). Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery C, 62d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 24 March 1944 as Battery C, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 13 March J 946 at Camp Kilmer, New j e rsey. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as Battery C, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion: Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, T exas. (62d AntiaircrafL Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion assigned 4 November 1949 to the 2d Armored Division; relieved 20 October 1950 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division.) Redesignated l October 1953 as Battery C, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 3 March 1958 as Headqua rte rs and Headquarte rs Battery, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 62d Artillery (organic e leme nts concurrently constituted and activated). Inactivated 25 September 196 1 a t Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Redesigna ted 2 1 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 62d Artillery. Activated I February 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 30 j une 1971 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIJ>ATlON C R EDIT

War of 18 12 *Streamer without inscription

i\11 exiwn W M *Vera Cruz *Cerro Gordo *Contreras *Churubusco *Molino de l Rey *Chapulte pec *Puebla 1847

Indian W(m *Creeks *Seminoles *Washington 1858

Civil War *Peninsula *Antietam

Fredericksburg Chancellorsvil le Gettysburg

*Wilderness Spotsylvania Shenandoah Virginia 1863

DECORATIONS

War With SfJain *Manila

PhilifJ!Jiue Insurrection *Manila *i\•lalolos *Luzon 1899 *Luzon 1900

World Wm· lf *Aiget·ia-French Morocco (with arrowhead) Tunisia

*Sicily *Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *Ardennes-A lsace *Centra l Europe

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counterolTensive CCF spring offensive UN smnmer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer- fa ll 1952 Third Kot·e;m winter Korea. summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered JNCHON



RA (inactive)

LINEAG£

Constituted 5 July 1838 in the Regular Army as Company K, 3d Regiment of Artillery. Organized in August 1838 at Fort Monroe, Virgin ia.

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February I 901 as the 32d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 32d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 20 July 1916 .as the 3d Company, Fort Baker [California]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 12th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Reorganized and redesignated 25 October 1918 as Battery A, 18th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1918 as the 12th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Inactivated 16 September 1921 at Fort Winfteld Scott, Cali fornia. Redesignated I June 1922 as the 32d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 14 September 1922 as Battery F, 62d Artillery (Antiaircraft) (Coast Artillery Corps), and activated at Fort Totten, New York (concurrently additionally designated as the 32d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 July 1924). Redesignated J J uly 1924 as Battery F, 62d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 24 March 1944 as Battery B, 893d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 8 J une 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 March 1953 as Battery B, 50th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Korea.

Redesignated 12 August I 958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 62d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Fort MacArthur, California. Redesignated 14 June I 965 as the 4th Battalion, 62d Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 30 September 1979 at Fort Bliss, Texas.



Streamer without inscript ion

Mexicau Wm· Vera Cruz

*Cerro Gordo *Com reras *Churubusco *Molino del Rey *Chapultcpec *Puebla 1847

Indian Wars *Seminoles *Washington 1858

Civil Wftr *Penninsula

Amietam *Fredericksburg *Chanccllorsvi lle *Gettysburg

Wildemess *Spotsylvania * P~tersbu rg *Shenandoah * Virginia 1861 *Virginia 1863

War With SfJain *Manila

DECO RATIONS

Philippine Insurrection *Manila *Malolos *Luzon 1899

World War// *Algeria-French Morocco Tunisia Sicily

*Rome-Arno *Southem France *Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace

*Central Europe

Korean War *UN defensive *U N offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winte1· *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Ko1·ean winte1· *Korea, summer 1953

*Presidential Unit Citatio n (Navy), Streamer embroidered IN CHON (50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 63, 1952)

*Republ ic of Korea Presidential Un it Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON-SEOUL-HUNGNAM (50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 8, 1952)

*Republic of Korea P residential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOR EA 1950-1952 (50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 41, 1955)

*Republic of Korea Presid ential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 5 J, 1957)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 3 March 1847 in the Regular Army as Company L, 3d Regiment of Artillery. Organized l October 1847.

Reorganized and redesignated13 February 1901 as the 33d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Redesignated2 February 1907 as the 33d Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated5 August 1916 as the 14th Company, Fort Mills [Philippine Islands]. Redesignated31 August 1917 as the 14th Company, Coast Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 33d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1922 as Battery D, 62d Artillery (Antiaircraft) (Coast Artillery Corps) (concurrently additionally designated as the 33d Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional designation abolished 1 July 1924). Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery D, 62d Coast Artillery.

Reorganized and redesignated 24 March 1944 as Battery D, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 13 Mardi 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 9 December 1948 as Battery D, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. (62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion assigned 4 November 1949 to the 2d Armored Division; relieved 20 October 1950 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division.) Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery D, 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 September 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 21 March 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 62d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 19 April 1961 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 62d Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Germany.


CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT War of 1812

Streamet· without inscrip1ion

Mexican War Vera Cruz Cerro Gordo Contreras Churubusco Molino del Rey Chapultepec Puebla 1847

Indian W m·s Seminoles

*Washington 1856 Washington 1858

Civil Wa.r *1vlississippi River *Peninsula *Antietam *Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville Gettysburg

*Wilderness Spotsylvania Shenandoah Virginia 1863

*M ississippi 1863 *Tennessee 1863 *Tennessee 1864

DECORATIONS

War With Sf)(lin *Manila

PhilifJjJilw Insurrection *Manila *Malolos *Luzon 1899

WorUJ War II *Algeria-French Morocco *Tunisia *Sicily *Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *1\rdennes-Aisace *Central Europe

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN coumeroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wimer Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Preside ntial Unit C itation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON


12th DETACHMENT, 62d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

331

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 27 May 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 62d Coast Artillery. Activated 15 june 1942 near Fort Totten, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 24 March 1944 as Headquat·ters and Headquarters Battery, 33 l st Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion. Disbanded 4 December 1944 in I taly.

Reconstituted 5 August 1948 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 12th Detachment, 62d Artillery. Activated 15 September 1958 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Inactivated 15 September 1960 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Redesignated 1 September I 971 as the 12th Detachment, 62d Air Defense Artillery.


Wol'ld War 11-EAME Algeria-French Morocco Rome-Arno

DECORATIONS

None.



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 27 May 1942 in the Regular Army as Battery I, 62d Coast Artillery. Activated 15 June 1942 near Fort Totten, New York.

Reorganized and redesignated 24 March 1944 as Battery A, 331 st Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion. Disbanded 4 December 1944 in Italy.

Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 62d Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 23 September 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 62d Air Defense Artillery.


World Wm·1f- EAME Alge ria-'French Morocco Rome-Arno

DECORATIONS

None.

62D AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anderson, Robert. An A1·tillery Officer in the Mexican Wm·, 1846-7. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1911. Contains information about the current 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th Battalions, 62d Air Defense Artillery.

Birkhimer, William E., et al. "Historical Sketch of the Second United States Artillery." journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States 14 (1893): 1042. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery.

- --·"The Third Regiment of Artillery." The Army of the United States. Edited by Theophilus F. Roden bough and William L. Haskin, 328-50. New York: Maynard, Merrill and Company, 1896. Originally published in the Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States 14 (1893):458-90. Contains information about the current 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th Battalions, 62d Air Defense Artillery.

Dyer, Frederick. "2d and 3d Regiments of Artillery." A Compendium of the Wm· of the Rebellion. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Contains information about the current 1st, 2d; 3d, 4th, and 6th Battalions, 62d Air Defense Artillery.

Mahon,John K. History of the Second Seminole Wm·) 1835-1842. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1967. Contains information about the current 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th Battalions, 62d Air Defense Artillery.


Marquat, William F. "Automatic Artillery in Korea." Antiai1·crajt A1·tillery journal 93 (November-December 1950):2-9; 94 Oanuary-February 1951):2-12; (March- April 1951):2-5; (May-June 1951):2-6; Qu ly-August 1951):2- 9; (September-October 1951):2-5; (November- December 1951):2- 6; 95 (J an uary- February 1952):2-5; (March-April 1952):8-10; (May-J une 1952):12- 15. Contains information about the 50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.

O'Malley, Charles S. "The 50th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion in Korea." Antiaiumft A1·tille1·y joumal 94 Qanuary 1951 ):20-23.

Simpson, W.A. "The Second Regiment of Artillery." The Anny of the United States. Edited by Theophilus F. Rodenbough and William L. Haskin, 312-27. New York: Maynard, Mer ri ll and Company, 1896. Contains information about the current 1st Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery.

62nd AAA, A W Battalion (SP), Fo-rt Bliss, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.

Sprague, john T. The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida Wm·. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1948. Reprint. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida Press, 1964. Contains information about the current 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions, 64th Air Defense Artillery.

242nd AAA Croup. London: Montgomery, 1953. Contains information about the 62d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.

Weaver, Erasmus M. "History of the 2d Artillery." jow·ncd of the Military Service Institution of the United States J 4 (1893): 1258-60. Contains information about the current I st Battalion, 62d Air Defense Artillery.


COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Motto: Symbolism:

Gules, six piles or, from chief terminating at the nombril point, over all a strangler f-Ig tree (Ficus specia) standing on a plot of ground, all proper. On a wreath o f the colors, or and gules, an ocelot rampant or, spotted sable. Sunum (Upwards). The shield is red for artillery; the yellow rays represent the direction of antiaircraft fire; the six yellow rays and the five red spaces between also represent the number of the regiment. The strangler fig tree is peculiar to tropical America and indicates the location of the regiment when it was reorganized in 1924.

The crest is an ocelot, a native of Panama; it further signifies the character of the un it in that it usually cli mbs trees and fights upwards for its prey.

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA

The distinctive insignia is the crest of the coat of arms without wreath.

LI NEAGE AND HoNoRs

LI N£ACE

Constituted 26 December 1917 in the Regular Army as the 65th Arti llery (Coast Artillery Corps) and organized (less lst Battalion) at Fort Stevens, Oregon, from existing Regular Army companies and a National Guard company from California. ( lst Battalion organized l J anuary 1918 at Fort Rosecrans, Cali fornia .) Demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington.

Reconstituted l July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 65th Coast Artillery and organized (less 3d Battalion) in the Canal Zone. (3d Battalion activated 31 J uly 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone.) Inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Activated (less 2d and 3d Battalions) 1 June 1938 at Fort Winfield Scott, California. (2d Battalion activated 11 October 1939 at Fort Winfield Scott, California; 3d Battalion activated 15 June 1942 at inglewood, California.) Regiment broken up 10 May 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; lst Battalion as the 65th

335


Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battal ion; 2d Battalion as the 255th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; 3d Battalion as the 245th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Baualion.

Headquarte rs and Headquarters Bauery, 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 29 February 1944 at Adak, Alaska. Disbanded 26 October 1944. Reconstituted 18 December 1946 in the Regular Army. Activated 15 J anuary 1947 at Fort Amador , Canal Zone. Inactivated 26 December 1957 at Fort Clayton , Canal Zone.

65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated (less Batteries B, C, and D) 26 .January 1945 at Camp Hood, T exas (Batteries B, C, and D 1·edesignated 1 May 1945 as the 427th , 428th, a nd 429th Antia ircraft Artillery Gun Batteries-sec below). 65th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion activated I May 1949 (with new Baucrics B, C, and D) on Okinawa. Inactivated I September 1958 in J apan.

427th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battery inactivated 4 December 1945 at Fort LawLon, Washington. Redesignated 3 October 1946 as the 427th Antiaircraft Arti llery Searchlight Battery. Activated I November 1946 at Camp Hood, Texas. Inactivated 27 December 1948 at Camp Hood, Texas. Redesignated 2 December 1954 as the 427th Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Battery . Activated I J an uary 1955 at Camp Campbell , Kentucky. Inactivated 22 March 1957 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.

428th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battery reorganized and redesignated1 November 1945 as the 428th Coast Arti lle ry Battery. Reorganized and redesignated 9 November 1946 as the 428th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battery. Inactivated 5 January 1947 at Adak, Alaska. Redesignated 6 May 1953 as the 428th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery. Activated 8 June 1953 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 15 May 1958 at Thule, Green land.

429th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battery inactivated 30 November 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 6 May 1953 as the 429th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery. Activated 8 J une 1953 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 15 May 1958 at Thule, Greenland.

255th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion disbanded 3 February 1945 at Camp Earle, Alaska. Reconstituted 28 .June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 15 March 1953 in Germany. Redesignated I October 1953 as the 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion . Inactivated 10 Apri l 1958 in Germany.

245th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion inactivated 12 June 1944 at Camp Haan, California. Disbanded 26 J une 1944. Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regula r Army.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 65th Antiaircra ft Artillery Group; 65th and 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; 427th Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Batte ry; 428 th and 429th Antiaircraft Artillery Batteries; and 245th Antiai1·craft Artillery Searchlight Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesigna ted 3 1 July 1959 as the 65th Artillery, a parent


regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. R edesignated I. September 1971 as the 65th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the !16th Coast Artillery Battalion . Activated 20 March 1943 at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Redesignated 28 J une 1943 as the I 16th A n tiaircraft Artillery Gun Batta lion. Inactivated 6 October 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATIO World War I

St. Mihicl Meuse-Argonne Lorraine 19 18

World War II Normandy (with armwhead) Northern France Rhineland Ardenncs-Aisacc Cenu·al Europe Aleutian Islands

DECORATIONS

CREDIT \lie/nam

Counteroffensive, Phase II Coumerol'fcnsive, Phase Ill Tct Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 59/Counteroffensive Summer-fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970 Sanctuary Coumerol'fensive Counteroffensive. Phase VII Consolidation I Consolidation II

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967 (Bauery G, 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 32, 1973)

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TRI-THUA TIIIEN (Battery G, 65th Artillery, cited ; DA GO 48, 1968)

Valorous Unit Award , Streamer embroidered QUANG T IN PROVINCE (Battery G , 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered FLORIDA 1962-1963 (6th Missile Battalion, 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 33, 1963)




Constituted 14 August 1. 901 in the Regular Army as the I 16th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organ ized 17 August 1901 at Fort Screven, Georgia. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the ll6th Company, Coast Arti llery Corps. Reqesignated in J uly I 9 16 as the 4th Company, Fort Grant [Canal Zone]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Balboa. Redesignated 30 June J 922 as the J J 6th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery A, 65th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 15 Apri l l 932 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Activated 1 J une 1938 at Fort Winfield Scott, Califo rnia.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1943 as Battery A, 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Batta lion. Inactivated 26 J anuary 1945 at Camp Hood, Texas. Activated I May 1949 on Okinawa. Redesignated 23 February 1955 as Battery A, 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Batt.alion.

Reorgan ized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Gun Battalion, 65th Artillery (organic elements constituted 7 August 1958 a nd activated l Septembe r 1958). (Headquarters and Headquaners Battery, l st Gun Battalion , 65th Artillery, consolidated 1 October 1958 with Battery B, 49th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion [see AN EX], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Gun Battalion, 65th Artillery.) Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1959 .as the 1st Missile Battalion, 65th Artille ry. Redesignated 30 .June J 968 as the 1st Baualion, 65th Artille ry. Inactivated I May 1970 on Okinawa. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the lst Battalion , 65th Air Defense Artiller y. Activated 13 September 1972 at Key West, Florida.

ANNEX

Constilllted 14 August J901 in the Regula r Army as the I 15th Company, Coast Artillery, Artille ry Corps. Organized 23 August 1901 at San Diego, Ca li fornia. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the I 15th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in J uly 19 16 as the 2d Company, Fort Rosecrans [California). Redesignated 31 August 191 7 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego.

Reorgan ized and redesignated I J an uary 19 18 as Battery A, 65th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 28 February I 9 J 9 at Camp Lewis, Wash ington.

Reconstituted 1 June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurre ntly consolidated with the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego (organ ized 3 1 May 192 1 at San Diego, California) and consolidated unit redesignated


as the 115th Company, Coast Artille ry Corps. Inactivated 9 November 1922 at San Diego, California.

Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Batte ry I, 14th Coast Artillery. Activated 4 June 1941 at Fort Worden, Washington. Inactivated 8 May 1944 at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Disbanded 18 October 1944.

Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery B, 49th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 2 1 April 1952 as Battery B, 49th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 13 May 1952 at Fort Sheridan, lllinois. Redesignated 24 J uly 1953 as Battery B, 49th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1956 as Battery B, 49th Antiaircraft Artille ry Missile Battalion. I nactivated 1 September 1958 at Chicago, Illinois.


World War I "'St. Mihie l *Meuse-Argonnc

Lorraine 19 18

D ECORATIONS

None.

World War II Normandy (wiLh <trrowhcad) Northern France Rhine land Ardcnncs-Aisacc Central Europe

*Aleutian Is lands



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 28 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 87th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized in 1901 at Fort Slocum, New York. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 87th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 19 16 as the 2d Company, Fort Grant [Canal Zone). Redesignated 31 August 19 17 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Balboa. Redesignated 30 J une 1922 as the 87th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery B, 65th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Amador, Cana] Zone. Activated 1 June 1938 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Reorganized a nd redesignated I 0 May 1943 as Battery B, 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1945 as the 427th Antia ircraft Artillery Gun Battery. Inactivated 4 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Wash ington. Redesignated 3 October 1946 as the 427th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battery. Activated 1 November 1946 at Camp Hood, T exas. Inactivated 27 December 1948 at Camp Hood, Texas. Redesignated 28 December 1954 as the 427th Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Battery. Activated 1 J anuary 1955 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 22 March 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as H eadquarters and H eadqua rters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 65th Artillery (organ.ic elements concurren tl y constitu ted). Battalion activated I September J 958 at Camp Kilme r, New J e rsey. Inact ivated 26 July 1960 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Missile Battalion , 65th Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 2d Baualion, 65th Air Defense Artillery, and activated at Van Nuys, California. Inactivated 30 September 1974 at Van Nuys, Califo rnia.

CAMPAIGN P ARTI C I PAT I ON C R£ DIT

World War I St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonnc Lorraine 1918

DECORATIONS

None.

World War // Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France Rhineland A rdennes-Alsace Cent raJ Europe

*Aleutian Islands



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 7 October 190 l in the Regular Army as the I 24th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized 15 October 190 I at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 124th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 1916 as the 2d Company, Fort Sherman [Canal Zone]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 2d Company, Coast Defenses of Cristobal. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 124th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Consolidated .I J uly 1924 with Battery D, 65th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (constituted 26 December 1917 in the Regular Army and organized at Fort Stevens, Oregon; demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington; reconstituted 1 J uly 1924 in the Regular Army), and consolidated un it reorganized and redesignated as Battery D, 65th Coast Artillery. Inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Activated 11 October 1939 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1943 as Battery D, 65th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May L945 as the 429th Ant iaircraft Artillery Gun Battery. Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 6 May 1953 as the 429th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery. Activated 8 J une 1953 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 15 May 1958 at Thule, Greenland.

Redesignated J 2 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 65th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Cleveland, Ohio. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 65th Artillery. Inactivated 30 J une 1971 at Cleveland, Ohio. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 65th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PART IC IPATION CREDIT

World War/ *St. Mihicl *Mcusc-Argonnc

Lorraine 1918

DECORATIONS

None.

World War II Normandy (wi th arrowhead) Nonhcm France Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Ccl1lral Europe

*Aleutian Islands



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 28 February 190 I in the Regular Army as the 89th Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps. Organized 5 April I 901 at Fort Banks, Massachusetts. Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 89th Company, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated in July 1916 as the 4th Company, Fort Williams (Maine].

Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1917 as Battery F, 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery F, 5 1st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Redesignated 7 August 1918 as Battery C, 57th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 30 J une 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington.

Reconstituted I June 1922 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego (organized 23 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 3d Company, Fort Rosecrans [California]; redesignated 3 1 August 1917 as the 3d Company, Coast Defenses of San Diego), and consolidated unit t·eorganized and redesignated as the 89th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Consolidated 1 July 1924 with Battery F, 65th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (constituted 26 December 1917 in the Regular Army and organized at Fort Casey, Washington; demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington; reconstituted 1 J uly 1924 in the Regular Army); consolidated unit redesignated as Battery F, 65th Coast Artillery, and inactivated at San Diego, California. Activated 3 1 .J uly 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Inactivated 15 April 1932 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Activated 11 October 1939 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 10 May 1943 as Battery 13, 255th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Baualion. Disbanded 3 February 1945 at Camp Earle, Alaska. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery 13 , 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 15 March 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery B, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 10 April 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as H eadquarters and H eadquarters 13attet·y, 4th Missile Battalion, 65th Artillery (organ ic clements concurrently constituted). 13attalion activated 1 September 1958 at Los Angeles, California. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 4th Battalion, 65th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 65th Air D.efense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Van Nuys, Ca1iforn ta.


ANNEX

Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery B, ll6th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 March 1943 at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Redesignated 28 J une 1943 as Battery B, l l6th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 6 October I 945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN PART I C IPATION C REDIT

World War I St. Mihicl Meuse-A•·gonne

*Lorraine 1918

DECORATIONS

None.

World War 11 *Normandy (with arrowhead) *Northern France *Rhineland *Ardennes-Aisace *Central Europe *Aleutian Islands



(inactive) LINEAGE

Organized 1 June 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Grant, Canal Zone, as the 7th Company, fort Grant [Canal Zone]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 7th Company, Coast Defenses of Balboa. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the !95th Company, Cvast Artillery Corps.

Consolidated 1 July 1924 with Battery E, 65th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) (constituted 26 December 1917 in the Regular Army and organized at fort Stevens, Oregon; demobilized 28 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington; reconstituted I july 1924 in the Regular Army); consolidated unit redesignated as Battery E, 65th Coast Artillery, and inactivated in the Canal Zone. Activated 31 J uly 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. Inactivated 15 April 1932 at fort Amador, Canal Zone. Activated 1 June 1938 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Reorganized and redesignated I 0 May 1943 as Battery A, 255th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Disbanded 3 February 1945 at Camp Earle, Alaska. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery A, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 15 March 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery A, 40th Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalion. Inactivated 10 April 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 31 July J 959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 65th Artillery. Redesignated ll October 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 65th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 22 December 1961 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesign~tted 20 December 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 65th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 65th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Key West, Florida.

ANNEX

Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery A, I 16th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 March 1943 at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Redesignated 28 June 1943 as Battery A, 116th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 6 October 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army.



World War I St. Mihiel Meuse-Argonne

*Lorraine 1918

DECORATIONS

World Wm-11 *Normandy (with arrowhead) *Northern France *Rhineland * Ardennes-Alsace *Central Europe *Aleutian Islands

345

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered FLORIDA

1962-1963 (6th Missile Battalion, 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 33, 1963)

346 AIR DEFE SE ART ILLERY


LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Organized 1 June 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort de Lcsseps, Canal Zone, as the l st Company, Fort de Lesseps [Canal Zone). Redesignated 31 August 19 17 as the 6th Company, Coast Defe nses of C ristobal. Inactivated 15 September 192 1 at Fort de Lesseps, Canal Zone. Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 193d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated l July 1924 as Battery G, 65th Coast Artillery. Activated 11 October 1939 at Fort Winfield Scott, California.

Reorgan ized and redesignated I 0 May J 943 as Battery C, 255th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Disbanded 3 February 1945 at Camp Earle, Alaska. Reconstitu ted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery C, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery C, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Baualion. Activated 15 March 1953 in Germany. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Batte ry C, 40th Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalion. Inactivated 10 April 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 3 1 July 1959 as Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 7th Battalion, 65th Artillery. Redesignated 30 December 1965 as Battery G, 65th Artillery. Activated l March 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery G, 65th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 26 December 1971 in Vietnam.

ANNEX

Constituted 8 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Battery C, !16th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 20 March 1943 at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Redesignated 28 June 1943 as Battery C, I 16th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 6 October 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery C, 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRLm lT World War 11- EMvf£

Normandy (with aJTOwhead) Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Cemral Europe

World War! l- AP Aleutian lsla11ds

Viet11am Counteroffensive, Phase I 1 Counteroffensive, Phase Ill

Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI Tet 69/Counteroffensive Summer- fall 1969 Wimcr- spring 1970 Sanctuary Coumeroffensive Countcrol'fensivc, Phase VI f Consolidation I Consolidation II


DECORA T lONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered VIET NAM

1966-1967 (Battery G, 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 32, 1973) Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered Q U ANG TRI- THUA

THIEN (Battery G, 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 48, 1968) Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINC E

(Battery G, 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 39, 1970) Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroi

dered VIETNAM 1971 (Battery G, 65th Artillery, cited; DA GO 6, 1974)



AR (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 22 April 1929 in the Regular Army as Battery I, 65th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 J une 1942 at Inglewood, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1943 as Battery A, 245th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion. Inactivated 12 J une 1944 at Camp Haan, California. Disbanded 26 June 1944.

Reconstituted 30 April 1959 in the Army Reserve; concurrently redesignated as the 12th Detachment, 65th Artillery, and assigned to the Second United States Army. Activated 1 June 1959 at Clarion, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 11 February 1963 at Clarion, Pennsylvania. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 12th Detachment, 65th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAI GN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.



349

RA (inactive)

LI NL-:AGI£

Constituted 27 May 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Batte ry, 3d Batta lion , 65th Coast Ani ll e ry. Activated 15 j une 1942 at Inglewood, Californ ia.

Reorganized and redesignated I 0 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquar ters Battery, 245th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchligh t Battalion. Inactivated 12 June 1944 at Camp Haan, Californ ia. Disbanded 26 j une 1944.

Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachme nt, 65th Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Camp irwin, California. Inactivated 2 july 1962 at Camp Irwin, California. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 65th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAI GN P ARTICI PATION CREDIT

None.

DL·:CORATIONS

None.

65T H AIR OI~FENSE ARTILLERY BlllLIOGRAPI-IY

The 116th AAA Gun Bn. Mobile. Frankfurt am Main : Franzjos. Heinrich, 1945.

Verga, S.J., et al. "The 65th Antiaircraft Artille ry Group, Bulwark of Canal Zone Defense." Antiai·rcraftArtille1yj ownal93 Quly l 950):33- 34.

67th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERA LDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, a chevrot) vain~ or and ver·t, in dexter chief a crescent of the second.

C1·est: On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, seven bird-bolts to chief six in saltirc, three and three and one in pale vert barbed , flighted and banded argent, surmounted by a Roman shield of the second bearing a cross pattee gold within a border silver.

Motto: Mem01· et Fidelis (Mindful and Faithful). Symbolism: T he shield is red for artillery. The chevron is taken from

the arms of General J ames Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony of Georgia, and the crescent is f rom the flag displayed on the fort in South Carol ina by Col. William Moultrie.

The Roman shield bearing a cross adapted from the coat of arms of Rome refers to the organization's service in Italy for which an e lement of the regiment was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm embroidered "Road to Rome." The bird-bolts, a type of arrow used to bring down birds, allude to the antiaircraft designation of the organization during World War II. The bolts are seven in number in reference to the seven campaigns in which the unit participated in World War II. Reel and green allude to the colors of the French Croix de Guerre; and reel, white, and green to the national colors of I taly.

DISTINCTIVE I NSI GN I A


LIN EAGE AND H ONORS

L I NEAGE

Constituted 2 May 19 18 in the Regular Army as the 67th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 21 May 1918 at Fort Winfie ld Scott, California, from existing Regular Army companies and Nation al Guard companies from Cal ifornia. Demobilized 23 April 19 19 at the Presid io of San Francisco, California. Reconstituted 22 January 1926 in the Regular Army as the 67th Coast Artillery. ( Lst Battalion activated 1 July 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.) Regiment (less I st Battalion) activated

351


10 February 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Regiment broken up 23 May 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 9 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 1st Battalion as ,the 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 894th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; 3d Battalion disbanded in I taly.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 9lst Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 1 June J 946 in Germany. Activated 8 J une J 949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 22 August 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 28 June { 950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Activated 1 May 1955 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Redesignated 20 March 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 67th Artillery Group. Inactivated 25 August 1961 at Cleveland, Ohio.

67th Antiaircraft Arti llery Gun Battalion inactivated 25 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Activated 31 J anuary 1949 a t Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated l October 1953 as the 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 1 November 1957 as the 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 in Germany.

894th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 30 May 1955 as the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1958 in Germany.

3d Battalion, 67th Coast Artillery, reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 67th Artillery Group; 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion; 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion; and 3d Battalion, 67th Coast Artillery, consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 25 August 1961 as the 67th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 67th Air Defense Artillery.

CAM.PA I GN PART IC IPAT ION CREDIT


World Wmll Tunisia Naples-Foggia

DECORAT IONS

None.

Rome-Arno Southern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Ce ntral Europe



(9th Infantry Division) LINEAGE

Organized in February 19 17 in Lhe Regular Army at Fort Ba ker, California, as the 4th Company, Fort Baker [California]. Red esignated 31 August 19 17 as the 13th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 21 May 1918 as Battery A, 67th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 23 Apri l 19 19 at the Presid io of San Francisco, California. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 67th Coast Artille ry. Activated I July 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1944 as Battery A, 67th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion. Inactivated 25 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Activated 3 1 J a nuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated I October 1953 as Battery A, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 1 November 1957 as Batte ry A, 67th An tiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 67th Artillery (organic cleme nts constitu ted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 1st Battalion, 67th Artillery. Inactivated 26 December 1969 in Germany. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 1st Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery. Assigned 13 September 1972 to the 9th Infantry Division. Activated 21 November 1972 at Fon Bliss, Texas.

CAMPAI GN P A RT I C IPATION CREDIT

World War I *Stn:amer without inscription

World War II *Tunisia *Naples-Foggia

D ECORAT I ONS

*Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *Ardennes-A lsace *Centn\1 Eu•·ope

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World Wa r II , Streamer embroidered ROAD TO ROME (67th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion cited ; DA GO 43, 1950)



(1st Infantry Division) LlNt-:AGE

Constituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regu lar Army as Battery B, 67th Coast Artillery. Activated I july 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1944 as Battery B, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 25 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Activated 31 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery B, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 1 November 1957 as Battery B, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Baualion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 67th Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Battalion inactivated 25 August 1961 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 2d Missile Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September 1972 as the 2d Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery, assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CtUO:DIT World WM I

Slreamer wi1hou1 inscriplion


DECO RATIONS

*Romc-Arno *Sou1hcri1 FnuH:c *Rhineland *Ardcnncs-Aisacc *Central Europe .

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embmidered ROAD TO ROME. (67th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



(3d Infantry Division) LtN eAcE

Organized in December 1917 in the Regular Army at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, as the 45th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco. Redesignated in J anuary 1918 as the 7th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco.

Reorgan ized and redesignated 2 1 May 1918 as Battery C, 67th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 23 April 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Reconstituted 22 J anuary J 926 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 67th Coast Artillery. Activated 1 July 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1944 as Battery C, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 25 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Activated 3J J anua ry 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated I October 1953 as Battery C, 67th Antiaircraft Artille ry Battalion. Redesignated I November 1957 as Battery C, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 67th Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated I September 1958). Battalion inactivated 25 August 1961 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 13 September I 972 as the 3d Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated in Germany.

CAM PAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War I



Dt.::CORATLONS

*Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *A rder1 ncs-Alsace *Cemral Europe

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered ROAD T O ROM E (67th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army as Batter y 0 , 67th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 23 May 1944 as Battery D, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 25 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Activated 31 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated I October 1953 as Battery D, 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 1 November 1957 as Battery D, 67th Antiaircraft Artille ry Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated I September 1958 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Baualion, 67 th Artillery (organic elements constitu ted L 2 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Battalion inactivated 28 J une 1963 at San Pablo, California. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN P ARTI C lf>ATI ON CREDIT

World War I Streame1· without inscription


DECORATIONS

*Rome-AI'IIo *Southern France *Rhineland * Ardennes-Aisacc *Central Europe

*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War 11, Streamer embroidered ROAD TO ROME (67th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Organized in .January 1918 in the Regular Army at Fort Barry, California, as the 14th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco.

Reorganized and redesignated 2 J May 191 8 as Battery E, 67th Arti llery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 23 April 1919 at the Presid io of San Francisco, California. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery E, 67th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 Februat·y 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1944 as Battery A, 894th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated J 4 December 1945 in Germa ny. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , Mobile . Activated J 5 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 30 May 1955 as Battery A, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 J une 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 3 1 j uly 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 67th Artille ry. Activated I August 1968 at Fort Bliss, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 5th Battalion, 67th Air Defe nse Artillery. Inactivated 1 3 September 1972 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

CAMPAI GN P A RT IC IPATION C tu::orr

World War I *Streamer without inscriptiou

World WM II *Tunisia *Naples-Foggi01

D ECORATI ONS

None.

*Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *Ardenncs-Aisace *Cemral Europe



(inactive) LJNEAca:

Organized in February 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Barry, California, as the 3d Company, Fort Barry [California]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 17th Company, Coast Defenses of San Francisco.

Reorganized and redesignated 2I May 1918 as Battery F, 67th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Demobilized 23 April 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Reconstituted 22 J anuary J 926 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 67th Coast Artillery. Activated I 0 February 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1944 as Battery B, 894th Antiaircraft Artillery Autornatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 30 May 1955 as Battery B, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headq uarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 67th Arti llery. Redesignated 5 April1960 as Battery F, 67th Artillery. Activated 22 April 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated I 0 September 1960 at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. Redesignated 7 October 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 67th Artillery, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas (organic clements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion assigned 30 .J une 1969 to the 24th Infantry Division. Relieved .15 Apri l 1970 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the lst Infantry Division. Redesignated I September 197 I as the 6th Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the lst Infantry Division.

CAM PAIGN P A RTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I *S1rcamcr without inscription


0£COR/\TIONS

None.

*Ronu;-Arno *Southcm Fraucc *Rhineland * 1\ rdcn nes-t\ lsacc *Ccutral Europe



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 22 January 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery G, 67th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 23 May 1944 as Battery C, 894th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 14 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery C, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 30 May 1955 as Battery C, 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1958 in Germany.

Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Battalion, 67th Artillery. Activated 7 J uly 1969 at Fort Bliss, Texas (Batteries A and B concurrently constituted and activated; Batteries C and D constituted and activated 1 September 1969). Battalion assigned 3 March 1970 to the 3d Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 7th Battalion, 67th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division.


World Wm-1 Streamer without inscription

World War II *Tunisia *Naples-foggia

D ECORATI ONS

None.

*Rome-Arno *Southern France *Rhineland *A•·dennes-Aisace *Central Europe



RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 27 May 1942 in the Regular Army as Battery I, 67th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 June 1942 at Paterson, New J ersey. Inactivated 24 May 1943 at Norfolk, Virginia. Disbanded 23 May 1944.

Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Arm y and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 67th Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at the Erie Ordnance Depot, Ohio. Inactivated 10 May 1963 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 67th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CR£Dr r

None.

D ECO RA T IONS

None.

67TH AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Activities of the 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade," Antiaircraft Artillery jou·rnal 93 Quly 1950):31- 32. Contains information about the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, Mobile.

894th AAA Bn. Histmy, 1940-1945. N.p., 1945. 5th AAA AW Bn, 1861-1954. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars and Stri pes,

1954. Gibbs, Gerald G. "Activities of the 45th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade."

Coast At·tillery joumal 90 (November-December 1947):3-9. Contains information about the 91st Antiaircraft Artillery Group.

67th. AAA, Gun Battalion, Fm·t Bliss, Texas, 1949. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.

67th Coast Artillery (AA), Fort Bragg. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

242nd AAA Group. London: Montgomery, 1953. Contains information about the 67th Antiaircraft Artillery Battal ion.

68th AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY H ERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Azure, a pile or. C1·est: On a wreath of the colo rs, or and gu les, a fleur-de-lis gules. Motto: Lolamy (Can Do). Symbolism: The design of the shield represents a searchlight beam in

the sky, which alludes to the antiaircraft activity of the regiment.

The Reur-de-lis is red, the color of artillery, and indicates the service or the 68th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) in France during World War I. The motto is taken from the Nav~jo Indian language.

OtSTINCTl VE I NSIGNIA

The distinctive insign ia is the shield, crest, and motto of the coat of arms.

L I NEAGE AN D HoNoRs

L I NEA(:L~

Constituted L J une L 9 18 in the Regular Army as the 68th Artillery (Coast Arti llery Corps) and organized at Fort T erry, New York. Demobilil.cd I March 19 L 9 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Reconstituted 22 J anuary I 926 in the Regular Army as the 68th Coast Artillery. Activated (less lst Battalion) 4 November 1939 at Fort Williams, Maine. ( I st Battalion activated 15 November 1939 at Fort Williams, Maine. 3d Battalion constituted 27 May 1942 in the Regular Army; activated 15 June 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts.) Regiment broken up 4 June 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarte rs a nd Headquaners Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 68th Antiaircra ft Artillery Group; 1st Battalion as the 68th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion; 2d Baua lion as the 895th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic: Weapons Battalion; 3d Battalion disbanded in Italy.

Headqua rters and Headquarters Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New J e rsey. Activated I November 1948 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Inactivated 16 December I 957 at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 5 Apr il 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New j ersey. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort B liss, Texas. Redesignated 25 J anuary 1955 as the 68th Antiaircrai't Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 March 1958 in Korea.

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895th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 6 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 13January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Consolidated 28June 1950 with the Ist Battalion, 8th Coast Artillery (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 3 January 1951 as the 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Camp Lucas, Michigan.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 68th and 8th Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalions; and 3d Battalion, 68th Coast Artillery (reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army), consolidated , reorganized, and redesignated 3 1 July 1959 as the 68th Artille ry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 68th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 J uly 1924 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 8th Coast Artillery. Activated I 0 February 1941 in the Harbor Defenses of Portland, Maine. Inactivated (less Battery B) 18 April 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. (Battery B inactivated 20 May 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.) Disbanded 31 May 1944. Reconstituted 28 June 1950 in the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT Worltl War I Korean Wllr

Streamer withom inscription

World Warll Sicily Naplcs-Foggia Anzio (with anowhead) Rome-Arno Southern France (with arrowhead) Rhineland Ardenncs-Aisacc Central Europe

DECO RATIONS

None.

UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervem ion First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winte1· Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953



( l st Cavalry Division) LlN EAC £

Constituted 1 J une 1918 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 68th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort T e rry, New York. Demobilized 1 March 19 19 at Fort Wadsworth , New York. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 68th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 November 1939 at Fort Williams, Maine.

Reorganized and redesignated 4 J une 1944 as Battery A, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 5 Apri l 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 25 January 1955 as Battery A, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 March 1958 in Korea.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, lst Missile Battalion , 68th Artillery (organic clements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1958 at Cleveland, Ohio. Inactivated 25 August 1961 at Cleveland, Ohio. (Maintenance Platoon, 1st Missile Batta lion , 68th Artillery, activated 17 June 1963 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.) Redesignated 8 August 1963 as the lst Battalion, 68th Artillery. Activated (less Maintenance Platoon) 15 October 1963 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Battalion inactivated 23 J une 1970 in Germany. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 68th Air Defense Artillery. Assigned 13 September 1972 to the 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Hood, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC I PATION CREDIT

World War / *Streamer wit.hout. inscription

\Vorld War II *Sicily *Naples-Foggia *An~io (with an·owhead) *Rome-Arno *Southern France (with arrowhead) *Rhineland

J\ rdenncs-Aisace *Centra l Europe

DeCORATI ONS

Korta/1 War *U defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer- fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer- fa ll 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, su mmer 1953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952 (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 4 1, 1955)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer e mbroidered n E.r-£NS£ OF KOREA (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 5 1, 1957)


2d GUN BATTALION, 68th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LiNEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 1 J une 1918 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 68th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Terry, New York. Demobilized 1 March 1919 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Reconstituted 22 January 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 68th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 November 1939 at Fort Williams, Maine .

Reorganized and redesignated 4 June 1944 as Battery B, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 5 Aprill946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Activated I August 1946 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 25 January 1955 as Battery B, 68th Antia ircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 March 1958 in Korea.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Gun Battalion , 68th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constitu ted) . Battalion activated l September 1958 at Camp Lucas, Michigan. Inactivated 15 June 1960 at Cam p Lucas, Michigan . Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Gun Battalion , 68th Air Defense Artillery.

CAM PA i GN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I *Streamer wi thout inscription

World War II *Sici ly *Naples-Foggia *Anzio (with arrowhead) *Rome-A rno *Southern France (with arrowhead) *Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace

*Cemral Europe

DECORATIONS

Kore(t/1 War *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervemion *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winte r *Korea, summer- fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea. summer 1953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation , Streamer e mbroidered KOREA 1950- 1952 (68th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 4 1, 1955)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battal io n cited; DA GO 5 1, 1957)



(nondivisional) L.tN C:ACE

Constituted 1June 1918 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 68th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Terry, New York. Demobilized 1 March 1919 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery C, 68th Coast ArtiUery. Activated 15 November 1939 at Fort Williams, Maine.

Reorganized and redesignated 4 June 1944 as Battery C, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. I nactivated 5 April1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 25 January 1955 as Battery C, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 March L 958 in Korea.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 68th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated l September 1958 in Germany. Inactivated 20 November 1958 in Germany. Redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 68th Air Defense Artillery. Activated 1 june 1959 at Minneapol is, Minnesota . Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 68th Artillery. Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 68th Air Defense Artillery, and activated at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World W<a· I


World W(tr II *Sicily *Naples-Foggia *Anzio (with anowhead) *Rome-Arno *Southern France (with arrowhead) *Rhineland

Ardennes-Aisace:: *Central Eu•·ope

DECORATIONS

Korean War *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offens ive *UN summe•·-fall offensive *Second Korean wimer *Korea, summer-fall I ~J52 *Third Korean wintet· *Kot·ea, summer 1953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952 (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA G041, 1955)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 51, 1957)



LIN EAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 1 J une 1918 in the Regular Army as Battery D, 68th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Terry, New York. Demobilized 1 March 1919 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Reconstituted 22 J anuary 1926 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Battery D, 68th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 November 1939 at Fort Williams, Maine.

Reorganized and redesignated 4 June 1944 as Battery D, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 5 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 25 J anuary 1955 as Battery D, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 March 1958 in Korea.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarte rs and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 68th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 September 1958 at Coventry, Rhode Island. Inactivated 15 December 1961 at Coventry, Rhode Island. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 68th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRED IT World War I

*Streame•· without inscription

World War!/ *Sicily *Naples-Foggia *Anzio (with arrowhead) *Rome-Arno *Southern France (with arrowhead) *Rhineland

A rdennes-Alsace *Centr;ll Europe

DECORATIONS

Korean Wm· *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervemion *First UN countc•·offensivc *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Thi1·d Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer e mbroidered KOREA 1950-1952 (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA G041, 1955)

*Republic of Korea Presidential U nit Citation, Streamer e mbroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited ; DA GO 51, 1957)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 10 J uly 1907 in the Regular Army as the 155th Company, ·coast Artillery Corps. Organized 20 August 1907 at Fort Williams, Maine. Redesignated 30 june 1916 as the lst Company, Fort Williams [Maine]. Redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 3d Company, Coast Ddenses of Portland. Disbanded in 1921 at Fort Williams, Maine. Reconstituted in March 1921 in the Regular Army. Redesignated 1 June 1922 as the 155th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.

Redesignated 1 J uly 1924 as Battery B, 8th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 in the Harbor Defenses of Portland, Maine. Inactivated 20 May 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Disbanded 31 May 1944. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 3 January 1951 as Battery B, 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Camp Lucas, Michigan.

Redesignated 31 j uly 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 68th Artillery. Activated 10 May 1971 at Fort Bliss, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 68th Air Defense Artillery. Assigned 5 July 1972 to the 1st Cavalry Division. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.

ANNEX

Constituted 1 june 1918 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 68th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Terry, New York. Demobilized 1 March 1919 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Reconstituted 22 January 1926 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 68th Coast Artillery. Activated 4 November 1939 at Fort Williams, Maine.

Reorganized and redesignated 4 J une 1944 as Battery B, 895th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 6 j anuary 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 13 .January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CRED IT

World War! *Streame•· without inscription

WmU War /I *Tunisia *Sicily *Naples-Foggia *Anzio (with arrowhead) *Rome-A mo *Southern France (with aJTOivhead) *Rhineland *Ardcnnes-Aisace *Cenu·al Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

Korean Wm· UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN coumeroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summcr-1~•11 offensive Second Korean winter Korea , summer- fall 1952 Third Korean wintc•· Korea, summer 1953



LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 1 June 1918 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 68th Arti llery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organized at Fort Terry, New York. Demobilized l March 1919 at Fort Wadsworth, New York. Reconstituted 22 January 1926 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 68th Coast Artillery. Activated I 5 November L 939 at Fort Williams, Maine.

Reorganized and redesignated 4 June 1944 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 5 Aprill946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 25 January 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 25 March 1958 in Korea.

Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7th Battalion, 68th Artillery. Redesignated 2 1 December 1965 as Battery G, 68th Artillery. Activated 1 February 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery G, 68th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 27 December 1971 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT World War II-EA1HE

Sicily Naples-Foggia Anzio (with arrowhead) Romc-Anw Southern France (with arrowhead) Rhineland Central Europe

Korean WM UN defens ive U N offensive

DECORATIONS

CC F inle rvention First UN coumero!Tensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean " 'inter Korea, Stllltll1er-I'HII 1952 Third Korean wimer Korea, summet· 1953

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950- 1952 (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA G04l, 1955)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA G051, 1957)



LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 27 May 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 68th Coast Artillery. Activated 15 June 1942 at Boston, Massachusetts. Disbanded 4 June 1944 at Foggia, Italy.

Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 68th Artille ry. Activated 1 September 1958 at Camp Lucas, Michigan. Inactivated 1 J une 1960 at Camp Lucas, Michigan. Redesignated I September 197 1 as the 16th Detachment, 68th Air Defense Artillery.


World Wal' 11-EAME Sicily N a pies- f oggia

DECORATIONS

None.

68TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY B llH.LOGRAPHY

Brooks, Arthur C. "From Pusan to Unsan With the I Oth Antiaircraft Artillery Group." Antiaircmji Artillery jounu:d 94 () an uary 1951 ): 13-15. Contains information about the 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.

Brown, William F. "Chongchon Withdrawal." Antiaircraft Artille1y joumaL 94 (March 1951 ): 18-20. Contains information about the 68th Anti-aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. ·

Cheal, Raymond C. "Ack-Ack on the Naktong." Antiaircraft Artillery jou?·naL 94 (May 1951):9- 10. Contains information about the 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.

---· "The 68th in Korea." Antiainmft A1·tille1y jourrutl 94 (March l 9 5 1 ) : 13-14 0

"Colonel Hennig and the 1Oth Antiaircraft Arti llery Group." Antiair-craft Artille1y jouma.L 95 (March 1952):7. Contains information about the 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.

8LhAAA,AW Battalion(SP),FortBliss, T exas, 1949. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, J 949.

Glaenzer, Charles F. Hisl01)1 of Battery "E," 68th A,-tille-ry, Coast A1·tillery1 Corps, OverHereandOverThere, 1918-1919. N.p., 1919.

Historical Division, War Department. Anzio Beachhead (22 Janua?y-25 May 1944). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 194 7.


Marqual, William F. "Automatic Arti llery in Korea." Anlieti?·craft ATlillery joumetl 93 (November- December 1950):2- 9; 94 Uanuary- February 195 1):2-12; (March-April 1951):2-5 ; (May-j une 1951):2- 6; Uuly- August 1951 ):2- 9; (September- October 1951):2- 5; (November- December 195 1):2- 6; 95 (January- February 1952):2- 5; (March- April 1952):8-10; (May- June 1952):12-15. Contains information about the 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.

7lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY HERALDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, five high-explosive prqjectiles palewise in chevron surmounted by three chevronels or.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and gu les, a fixed searchlight sable, glass or charged with a fleur-de-lis gules.

Motto: Undique Venimus (We Come From All Parts). Symbolism: Scarlet and yellow are the colors used for artillery. The

three chevronels from the coat of arms of j ohn Winthrop, the founder of the Boston colony, allude to Boston, the area in which the unit was originally constituted and organized in 1918. The five projectiles are symbolic of the unit's five battle honors awarded for service in World War II. They also commemorate the mission of the battalion to attack and destroy enemy aircraft.

The fixed searchlight used in seacoast defense refers to the former miss ion of the regiment as coast artillery. The fleu rde-lis is for service in World War I.



LINEAGE AND HONORS

LINEAGE

Constituted 2 May 1918 in the Regular Army as the 71st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 12 May 1918 in the Coast Defenses of Boston with Headquarters at Fort Strong, Massachusetts. Demobilized 6 March 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstituted 1 J uly 1940 in the Regular Army as the 7lst Coast Artillery (1st Battalion concurrently activated at Fort Story, Virginia). Regiment (less 1st Battalion) activated 3 January 1941 at Fort Story, Virginia. Regiment broken up 1 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 1st Battalion as the 7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 384th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; 3d Battalion as the 24lst Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 25 March 1946 at Munich, Germany. Redesignated

373


15 September 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery, 71 st Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion. Activated 30 September 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas, with organic batteries of the former 71st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (see below). Redesignated 22 july 1953 as the 7 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 6 July 1954 as the 71 st Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 in the Washington-Baltimore Defense Area.

7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion reorganized with new batteries and redesignated 10 January 1945 as the 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Composite Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1945 as the 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Redesignated 3 August 1953 as the 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 February I 954 as the 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Inactivated 1 September 1958 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey.

384th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 18 August 1944 at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Disbanded 26 October 1944. Reconstituted 23 April 1946 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 384th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 May 1946 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Disbanded 31 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss; Texas. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with the 4 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 41st Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion. Redesignated 3 August 1953 as the 41st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Fort Totten, New York.

24 l st Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion inactivated 5 August 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi . Disbanded 4 September 1944. Reconstitu ted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army.

7lst and 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Batta lions, 41st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, and 241 st Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 71st Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 71st Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 11 9th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 2 April 1943 at Camp Haan, California. Redesignated 28 June 1943 as the 1 I 9th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer , New J ersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 4 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 8 June 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.




World War II Normandy Northern france Rhineland A rdenncs-Aisace Ccmral Europe

Viet11am Defense Counterof.Tcnsive Counteroffensive, Phase ll

DECORATIONS

Counteroffensive, Phase !II Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V CountcrofTensive, Phase VI Tct G\l/CounteroiTensive Summer- fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VII Consolidation I Consolidation II

375

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered viETNAM 1968-1969 (Battery D, 7lst Artillery, cited; DA GO 43, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965- 1966 (6th Battalion, 71st Artillery, cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (Battery D, 71st Artillery, cited; DA GO 60, 1969)

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1978-1982 (2d Battalion, 7lst Air Defense Artillery, cited; DA GO 8, 1982, to be amended)


1st MISSILE BATTALION, 7lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 2 May 19 I 8 in the Regulat· Army as Battery A, 7lst Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 12 May 1918 at Fort Strong, Massachusetts . Demobilized 6 March 19 J 9 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstituted 1 July 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 71 st Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Story, Virginia.

Reorgan ized and ·redesignated l September 1943 as Battery A, 7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 26 December 1944 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Activated 30 September 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 22 J uly 1953 as Battery A, 7 1 st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated I August 1956 as Battery D, 602d Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 7lst Arti llery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Battalion inactivated in 1965 at Suitland, Maryland. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 1st Missi le Battal ion, 7lst Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN P ARTIC IPATION CREDIT

World War I *Streame•· without inscription

World War II Normand)' Northern France

D ECORATIONS

None.

Rhineland A rdennes·Aisacc Ccutral Europe


2d BATTALION, 7lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted 2 May 1918 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 7lst Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) . Organized 12 May 1918 at Fort Strong, Massachusetts. Demobilized 6 March 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstituted l .July 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 7lst Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Story, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated l September 1943 as Battery B, 7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 26 December 1944 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Activated 30 September 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 22 July 1953 as Battery B, 7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 6 July 1954 as Battery B, 7 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 28 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 7lst Artillery (01·ganic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Battalion inactivated 15 August 1959 on Taiwan. Activated 1 March 1960 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 10 .January 1966 as the 2d Battalion, 7 1 st Artillery. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 7lst Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 20 July 1982 in Korea.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War/

*SLreamer without insc ription

World War II Normandy Northern France

DECORATIONS

Rhineland Anlennes-Aisacc Central Europe

*Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1978-1982 (2d Battalion, 7lst Air Defense Artillery, cited; OA GO 8, 1982, to be amended)



(nondi.visional) LINEAGe

Constituted 2 May 1918 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 7lst Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 12 May 1918 at Fort Andrews, Massachusetts . Demobilized 6 March 19 19 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstitute9 I j uly 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery C, 71st Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Story, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1943 as Battery C, 7lst Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 26 December 1944 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Activated 30 September 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 22 july 1953 as Battery C, 71st Antia ircraft Arti llery Battalion. Redesignated 6 j uly 1954 as Battery C, 71 st AntiaircrafL Artillery Missi le Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 7 lst Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated ·1 September 1958). Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 3d Battal ion, 7lst Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 7lst Air Defense Arti llery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREon-

Wl)r/d War I *Streamer without inscription

World War II Normandy Northern France

DECORATIONS

None.

Rhineland A rdcnncs-Aisacc Cemral Europe


BATTERY D, 7lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 2 May 19 J 8 in the Regu lar Army as Battery D, 7lst Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 12 May I 9 18 at Fort Andrews, Massachusetts. Demobilized 6 March 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstituted l Ju ly 1940 in the Regu lar Army as Battery D, 7 J st Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Story, Virgin ia.

Reorganized and redesignated l September 1943 as Battery D, 7 1 st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 10 J anuary 1945 as Battery A, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Composite Battalion. Redesignated 3 August 1953 as Battery A, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 13 February 1954 as Battery A, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September I 958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 7lst Artillery (organic elements constitu ted 12 August 1958 and activated I September 1958). Battalion inactivated 19 J une I 964 at Fort Hancock, New J ersey. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 7lst Artillery, redesignated 25 April 1966 as Battery D, 7lst Artillery. Activated l June 1966 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 25 June 197 1 in Vietnam. Red esignated 1 September 197 J as Battery D, 71st Air Defense ArtiHer y. Activated 15 September 197 J in Vietnam. Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam.

CAM PAIGN PARTICIPATION CtUO:DIT Vitlnam

Counteroffensive, Phase I I Counteroffensive, Phase Ill Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase IV Counteroffensive, Phase V Counteroffensive, Phase VI

DECORATIONS

Tet 69/Countcroffensive Summer- fall 1969 Winter-spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase VII Consolidation I Consolidmion II

Valo1·ous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969 (Battery D, 71st Artillery, cited; DA GO 43, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation , Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (Battery D, 71st Artillery, cited; DA GO 70, 1969)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967- 1969 (Battery D, 7lst Artillery, cited; DA GO 60, 1969)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered v 1 L-:TNAM 1969-1970 (Battery D, 7lst Artillery, cited; DA GO 5, 1973)


Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966- 1971 (Battery D, 7 lst Artillery, cited; DA GO 51, 1971)



LJ N EI\Gt:: (inactive)

Constituted 2 May 19 J 8 in the Regular Arm y as Battery F, 7lst Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps). Organized 12 May 1918 at Fort Ba nks, Massachusetts. Demobilized 6 March 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts. Reconstituted 1 july 1940 in the Regular Army as Battery F, 7 1st Coast Artillery. Activated 3 January 194 1 at For t Story, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1943 as Battery B, 384th Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Batta lion. In activated 18 August 1944 at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Disbanded 26 October 1944. Reconstituted 23 April 1946 in the Regular Arm y a nd redesignated as Bauery B, 384th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 8 May 1946 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Disbanded 3 1 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Reconstituted 28 J une 1950 in the Regular Army; concurrently consolidated with Battery B, 41st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (active) (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 4 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Redesignated 3 August J 953 as Battery B, 4 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Batta lion. inactivated 20 December 1957 at New York, New York.

Redesignated 3 1 j uly 1959 as Headquarters a nd Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 7 1 st Artillery. Redesignated 18 J anuary 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery, 6th Missile Battalion , 71 st Artillery (organic elements concurre ntly constituted). Battalion activated 2 j une 1962 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 14 j une 1965 as the 6th Battalion , 71 st Artillery. Inactivated 3 1 March 1970 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Red esignated 1 September 197 1 as the 6th Battalion, 71st Air Defense Artillery.

ANN EX

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Batte ry B, I 19th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 2 April 1943 at Camp H aan, California. Redesignated 28 J une 1943 as Battery B, 11 9th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Ki lmer, New j ersey. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 41st Antiaircraft Arti ll ery Gun Battalion , and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 8 June 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

CAM I'AICN PARTICU'I\'I'ION CREDIT

\Vorld War I *Streamer without inscription

\Vurld War II *Normandy • Northern France *Rhineland • Arden ncs-1\ lsacc *Central Europe

\l it/110111

*Defense *Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase I I *Counteroffensive. Phase I I I *Tet Counteroffensive *CoumerofTensive, Phase I V *Counteroffensive, Phase V


D ECOR ATIONS

*Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroide red VI ETNAM

1965-1966 (6th Battalion, 7lst Artillery, cited; DA GO 17, 1968)


16th DETACHMENT, 7lst AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LI NEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constitu ted 27 May 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarte rs Battery, 3d Battalion, 7lst Coast Arti llery. Activated 15 June 1942 at Washington, D.C.

Reorganized and redesignated I September 1943 as Headqua rte rs and Headquarters Battery, 241 st Antiaircraft Artille ry Searchlight Battalion. Inactivated 5 August 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Disbanded 4 September 1944.

Reconstituted 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachment, 7lst Artille ry. Activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 17 September 1962 at Fort Bl iss, Texas. Redesignated l September 197 1 as the 16th Detachment, 7 1 stAir Defense Artillery.

CAMPAI GN P A RT LC IPATION CREDIT

None.

D ECORAT IONS

None.

7 l sT A IR D EFI·: NSE ARTI LLERY BmuOG RAPHY

Elder, Bowman. An Jllu.stmted Histmy of the 71st Artillery (Coast Artillery Co?"fJS). Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1920?

Picto1·ial History, "The Rollin' Seventy-First," 71 st Coast Artillery (AA), 1941 . Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

Pictorial R eview. Atlanta: Albert Love Ente rprises, 1944. Robinson, .James L. Combat Diary, Battery D, 119th AAA Gun Battalion

(Mobile). Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 1945. Weichel, Frederick P. "The Last to Leave." Ai1·Dejense Magazine Uuly-Sep

tembcr 1982):32-32. Pertains to the 2d Battalion, 7 1st Air Defense Artille ry.

lllth AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF A RMS

Shield: Gules, on a cross or voided of the fie ld , a sal tire in fess gray fimbriated of the second between two fleurs-de-lis of the like.

C1'est: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Virginia Army National Guard: On a wre·ath of the colors, or and gules, Virtus, the genius of the commonwealth dressed as an Amazon, resting on a spear with one hand and holding a sword in the other; and treading on Tyranny, represented by a man prostrate, a crown falling from his head, a broken chain in his left hand and a scourge in his right, all proper.

Motto: Glory and Honor. Symbolism: Scarlet and yellow are the colors used for artillery. The

voided cross of St. George refers to the English colonization and development of Virginia and commemorates Grimes' battery, formed at Portsmouth in 1809, and now an element of the organization; it also refers to the War of 1812. The saltire is for Confederate service in the Civil War. The two fleur-de-lis are for serv ice in France and Central Europe, World War II , and also allude to the award of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm (World War II) for participation in the invasion of Normandy.



LINEAGE AND HONORS

LINEAGE

ARNG (Virginia)

ConstiLuted 2 July 1946 in the Virginia National Guard as the 69lst Antiaircraft Arti llery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Organized in southwestern Virginia from new and existing units; Headquarters federally recognized 13 December 1946 at Portsmouth. Redesignated 1 February 1949 as the l29th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the 29th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 October 1954 as the I 29th AntiaircrafL Artillery Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 june 1959 as the 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 111 th Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 29th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 November 1965 as the 3d Battalion, Ill th Artillery.

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Consolidated J May 1972 with the 4th Battalion, 111 th Artillery (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit reorganized a nd redesignated as the 111 th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 3d and 4th Battalions. Redesignated l November 1972 as the 1 11th Air Defense Artillery. Reorgan ized 30 September 1974 to consist of the 3d Batta lion. Reorganized 1 August 1975 to consist of the 3d Battalion, an element of the 28th Infantry Division. ANNEX

Constituted 26 July 1954 in the Virginia Army National G uard as the 615th Antiaircraft Artillery Batta lion. Organized 1954-1955 in southwestern Virginia; Headquar ters federally recognized 13 September 1954 at South Norfolk. Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1958 as the 6 15th Missile Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 4th Missile Battalio n, 111 th Artillery. Redesignated 1 J anuary 1966 as the 4th Battalion , 111 th Artillery. CAMPAIGN PARTlClPATlON CREDIT

Headquarters Battery (Portsmouth), 3d Battalion, en titled to the following:

War~( 1812 Virginia 18 13

CiviL War-Confederate .service Peninsula Second Manassias Sharpsburg Fredricksburg Cettysbtu·g Cold Harbor Petersburg Appomauox Virginia 186 I

Virginia I 863 Virginia 1864 Nonh Carolina 1864

World War I Meuse-Argonnc Alsace 19 18

World Wm· /1-EAJ\1/E Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France Rhineland Central Europe

Battery C (Grimes' Battery, Portsmouth), 3d Battalion, entitled to the following:

War of 1812 Virginia 1813

Civil War-Confederate sc111ice Peninsula Second Manassas Sharpsburg Virginia 186 I Virginia 1862 Nol'lh Carolina 1862

DECORATIONS

World War 11-EAME Normandy (with arrowhead) Northern France Rhineland Central Eu rope

H eadquarte rs Battery (Portsmouth) and Battery C (Grimes' Battery, Portsmouth), 3d Battalion, each entitled to French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer e mbroidered BEACHES OF NORMANDY ( 111 th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

111 Tl-1 AIR D EFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPH Y

No published histories.

I 74th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend gules and barry wavy of eight or and of the first, in chief a pineapple of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Ohio Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, a sheaf of seventeen arrows argent bound by a sprig of buckeye (Aesculus glabra) fructed proper (two leaves with bursting burr).

Motto: Caveat Oppugnatm· (Let the Oppressor [Hostile One] Beware).

Symbolism: Red and yellow a re the colors used fo r artillery. The pineapple is used to show service in Hawaii . The barry wavy, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean, represents service in the Western Pacific du ring World War II.

D ISTINCTIVE I NSIGN IA

T he distinctive insignia is the sh ield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND H ONORS

LI NEAGE

ARNG (Ohio)

Constitu ted 19 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the !80th Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, H awaii. Inactivated 13 December 1945 in the Mariana Islands. Redesignated 1 March 195 1 as the I 80th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and allotted to the Ohio Army National Guard. Organized and federally recognized 29 May 1951 with Headquartersat Dayton. Redesignated l October 1953 as the I 80th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as the 174th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the lst Gun Battalion, the 2d Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 3d Detachment. Reorganized 1 Aprill 963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Automatic Weapons Battalions and the 3d Detachment. Reorganized 15 February 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions. Reorganized l February 1972 to consist of the 2d Battalion. Redesignated 1 November 1972 as the I 74th Air Defense Arti llery. Reorganized 1 August 1975 to consist of the 2d Battal ion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division.

387

388

CAMPAIGN P ARTI CIPATI ON CREDIT

WorM War II Western Pacific


Headquarters Batte ry (Athens), 2d Battalion , add itionally entitled to the fo llowing:

World War 11-AP New Guinea

DECORATIONS

None.

! 74TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BIB I.IOGRAPHY

No published histories.

200th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY (First New Mexico)

H ERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield:

Motto: Symbolism:

Or, an A vanyu sable. (The A vanyu is a Pueblo Indian device not unlike the device of the Isle of Man conventionalized, which is blazoned three legs em bowed conjoined at the thighs, the three arms of the Avanyu each ending in a triangular head bearing five points.) That for the regiments and separate battalions of the New Mexico Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors, or and sable, a coiled rattlesnake proper. Pro Civitate et Patria (For State and Country). The Avanyu device used by the Pueblo Indians is another form of the triskelion, a lucky talisman and symbolic of energy, motion, and victory. It is also emblematic of "the whirling sun" and "lightning in air" which all ude to the firepower and air defense mission of the unit.

DlSTlNCTIVE I NS IGNIA

The distinctive insignia is the shield, crest, and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

LINEAGE

Organized 1 September 1880 in the New Mexico Volunteer Militia in west-central New Mexico from independent companies as the lst Regiment. Expanded 18 February 1882 to form the 1st Regiment with Headquarters at Socorro and the 2d Regiment with Headquarters at Albuquerque.

1st Regiment expanded 25 April 1883 to form the 1st Regiment and the 2d Cavalry Battalion (1st Regiment-hereafter separate lineage). 2d Cavalry Battalion reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1883 as the 1st Regiment of Cavalry (less 3d Battalion-see below). Reorganized 10 November 1885 as the lst Regiment of Caval ry . Disbanded 29 December 1893 and two remaining troops attached to the 1st Regiment of Infantry. Reorganized 12 September 1896 in the New Mexico Volunteer Militia as the 1st Battalion of Cavalry with Headquarters at Santa Fe. (New Mexico Volunteer Militia redesignated 17 March 1897 as the New Mexico National Guard.) Redesignated in 1897 as the 1st Squadron of Cavalry. While remaining in state service the lst Squadron of Cavalry

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additionally formed the 2d Squach·on, lst United States Volunteer Cavalry, also known as the Rough Riders (mustered into federal service 6- 7 May 1898 at Santa Fe; mustered out of federal service 15 September 1898 at Montauk Point, New York). Troop A attached 5 February 1908to the 1st Regiment of Infantry (see below); remainder of squadron concurrently disbanded.

2d Regiment expanded 25 Apri l 1883 to form the 2d Regiment and the I st Cavalry Battalion. 2d Regiment redesignated I 0 November 1885 as the 1st Regiment of In fantry with Headquarters at Santa Fe. Location of Headquarters changed 16 August 1886 to Albuquerque.

I st Cavalry Baualion reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1883 as the 3d Battalion, I st Regime nt of Cavalry. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 10 November 1885 as the 2d Regiment of Cavalry.

I st Regiment of I nfantry and elements of the 2d Regiment of Cavalry consolidated 24 December 1890 and consolidated unit designated as the 1st Regiment of Infantry. I st Regiment of Infantry consolidated in 1909 with Troop A (see above) and consolidated unit designated as the 1st Regiment of I nfantry. Mustered into federal service 16 J uly 1916 at Albuquerque for .service on the Mexican border; mustered out of federa l service 5 April 1917 at Columbus. Called into federal service 21 April 1917; mustered into federal se rvice 1ljune 19 17 at Albuquerque. Drafted into federa l serv ice 5 August 1917. Regiment broken up 19-24 October 19 17 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as clements of the I 15th T rain Headquarte rs and Military Police and the 143d and l44th Machine Gun Battalions, elements of the 40th Division.

Mi litary Police section of I 15th Train Headquarters a nd Military Police reorganized and redesignated 27 October I 9 18 as the 40th Military Police Company, an clement of the 40th Division; I 15th Train Headquarters and Military Police currently reorganized and redesignated as the ! 15th Train Headquarters. 40th Military Police Company demobilized 2 May 19 19 at Camp Kearny, Cali forn ia; 1 15th Train Headquarters demobilized 25 April I 919 at Camp Kearny, Cali fornia.

143d and I 44th Machine Gun Battalions demobilized 30 April 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois.

Former l st Regiment ol' Infantry reconstituted 16 J uly 1919 in the New Mexico Narional Guard as a separate squadron of cavalry and organized with Troops A and B at Albuquerque and Carlsbad, respectively. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 3 December 1920 as the l st Cavalry. Redesignated 2 May 1922 as the llllh Caval ry. H eadquarters federally recognized 4 May I 924 at Sante Fe. Assigned 5 November I 923 to the 23d Cavalry Division. Relieved 15 March 1929 from assignment 'to the 23d Cavalry Division. Converted and redesignated 26 April 1940 as the 207th Coast Artillery. Redesignated I j uly 1940 as the 200th Coast Artillery. I nducted into federa l service 6 J anuary 194 l at home stations. Surrendered 9 April 1942 to the j apanese 14thAnny. Inactivated 2 April


1946 at. Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Headquarters, 200th Coast Artillery, redesignated 31 May 1946 as

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 200th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Headquarters, 200th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, organized and federa lly recognized 25 September 1947 at Roswell (Headquarters Battery organized and federally recognized 10 October 194 7 aL Las Cruceshereafter separate lineage). Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters, 200th Artillery Group. Consolidated 15 December 1967 with the 200th Art~llery and consolidated unit designated as the 200th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (see below).

Headquarters Battery, 200th Coast Artillery, redesignated 31 May 1946 as the 716th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and federally recognized 27 September 1947 in southwestern New Mexico with Headquarters at Silver City. Ordered into active federal service 14 August 1950 at home stations; released 13 August 1952 from active federa l service and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 716th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

1st Battalion (less Battery C), 200th Coast Arti llery, redesignated 3 1 May 1946 as the 7 17th Ant ia ircraft Artillery Gun Battalion . Reorganized and federally recognized23 June 1947 in northwestern New Mexico with Headquarters at Albuquerque. Ordered into active federal service 1 May 1951 at home stations; released 28 February 1953 from active federal service and reverted to state control. Red es ig nated I October 1953 as the 717th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery, redesignated 31 May 1946 as the 726th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion. ~eorganized and federally recognized 23 J une 1947 in north-central New Mexico with H eadquarters at Albuquerque . Reorganized a nd redes ig na ted 1 December 1947 as the 726th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Location of Headquarters changed 1 July J 948 to Sante Fe. Ordered into active federal service 14 August 1950 at home stations; released 13 May 1952 from active federal se rvice and reverted to state control. Redesignated l October 1953 as the 726th Antiaircrafl Artillery Battalion.

2cl Battalion, 200th Coast Artillery, redesignated 31 May 1946 as the 697th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Reorganized and federally recognized 2 November 1947 in southeastern New Mexico with Headquarters at Roswell. Redesignated 1 October J 953 as tthe 697th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

7 16th, 717th, 726th, and697th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions; Headquarters, 5 1 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (see ANNEX l ); 502d Field Anillery Battalion (organized and federally recognized 2 1 September 1956 in eastern New Mexico with Headquarters at Clovis); 120th Antiaircrafl Artillery Battalion (see ANNt::x 2); and 804th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 3) consolidated 1 September 1959 and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 200th Artillery, a parent reg-


iment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the lst Automatic Weapons Battalion; the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th Gun Battalions; and the 7th Detachment. Reorganized 1 February 1962 to <;onsist of the lst Automatic Weapons Battalion; the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th Gun Battalions; and the 7th and 8th Detachments. Reorganized 1 Aprill962 to consist of the I st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th Automatic Weapons Battalions and the 7th and 8th Detachments. Consolidated 15 December 1967 with Headquarters, 200th Artillery Group (see above), and consolidated unit designated as the 200th Artillery, a parent regiment under· the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the lst, 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions. Redesignated 1 November 1972 as the 200th Air Defense Artillery. Reorganized 1 September 1975 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division; the 2d Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division; the 3d Battalion, an element of the 50th Armored Division; and the 4th Battalion, an element of the 40th Infantry Division.

ANNEX 1

Constituted in .July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 51 5th Coast Artillery. Organized in November 1924 with Headquarters at Topeka, Kansas. Withdrawn 19 December 194 1 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently activated at Manila, Philippine Islands, with personnel of the 200th Coast Artillery. Surrendered 9 April 1942 to the J apanese 14th Army. Inactivated 2 April 1946 at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands. Redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 51 5th Coast Artillery Battery and activated at Fort Winfield Scott, California. Inactivated 25 November 1946 at ForL Winfield Scott, California.

Redesignated 23 April 1947 as Headquarters anq Headquarters Battery, 515th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted to the New Mexico National Guard. Headquarters organized and federa lly recognized 25 September 194 7 at Roswell (Headquarters Battery organized and federally recognized 23 June 1947 at Sante Fe- hereafter separate lineage). Location changed 16 April 1955 to Albuquerque.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 30 Novembe1· 1920 in the New Mexico National Guard as an engineer regiment (less one battalion allotted to the Oklahoma National Guard). Organized 3 June-17 August 1921 as the 1st Engineers (2d Battalion allotted LO the Oklahoma National Guard); Headquarters federally recognized 8 June 1924 at Las Cruces. Redesignated 2 May 1922 as the !37th Engineers. Reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1923 as the 120th Engineers and assigned to the 47th Division (1st Battalion allotted to the Oklahoma National Guard). Inducted into federal service I 6 September 1940 al home stations. Reorganized and redesignated (less I st Battalion and Band) 20 J<ebruary 1942 as the l20Lh Engineer Battalion, an element of Lhe 45th Infantry Division (1st Battalion and Band


concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Battalion and Band, 176th Engineers-hereafter separate lineages). Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as the !20th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 26 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas.

Converted and redesignated 3 1 May 1946 as the 3630th Ordnance Maintenance Company and relieved from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division. Reorganized and federally recognized 5 October 194 7 at Roswell. Converted and redesignated 12 May 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 120th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (organic elements concurrently organized from new and existing units). Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the !20th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

ANNEX 3

Constituted 30 August 1940 in the New Mexico National Guard as the 104th Antitank Battalion. Organized September-November 1940 from new and existing units; Headquarters federally recognized 5 November 1940 at Roswell. Inducted into Federal service 6 J anuary 1941 at home stations. Redesignated 24 J uly 1941 as the 1 04th Infantry BattaLion, Antitank. Redesignated 15 December 1941 as the 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Inactivated 10 December 1945 at Camp Hood, Texas. Converted and redesignated 31 May 1946 as the 804th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Reorganized and federally recognized 3 October 194 7 with Headquarters at Tucumcari. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 804th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT huliau Wars

New Mexico 188 1 New Mexico 1882

War With SfJain Sallliago

World WM I Streamer without inscription

World War II Sicily (with arrowhe;ld)

Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead) Anzio Rome-Arno Southern France (with arrowhead) North Apennines Rhineland Ardennes-Aisace Central Europe Po Valley Philippine Islands

Battery A (Roswell), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to the following:

World War/ Champagnc-Man1e Aisne-Marne

DE:CORATIONS

St. Mihiel Mcuse-Argonnc Champ<tgne 1918

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CLARK FIELD (200th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 14, 1942)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MANILA 1941 (515th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 14, 1942)


Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BATAAN

(200th and 515th Coast Artillery cited; WD GO 14, 1942) Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DE FENSE OF

THE Pt-ILLJPPINES (Military and naval forces of the United States engaged in the defense of the Philippines cited; WD GO 22, 1942, as amended by DA GO 46, 1948)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY J942(200thand515thCoastArtillerycited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Battery A (Roswell), lst Bat,talion, and Headquarters Battery (Tucumcari), 4th Battalion, each additionally entitled to French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL I TALY (804th Tank Destroyer Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Battery C (Socorro), 2d Battalion, additionally entitled to Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BLIES RI VER (Company B, 120th Engineer Combat Battalion, cited; WD GO 84, 1945), and French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ACQUAFONDATA (120th Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Headquarters Battery (Albuquerque), 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ACQUAFONDATA (120th Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

200TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adams, Clarence S. "ADA Guardsmen Train at Bliss." Air Defense Magazine (October- December 1978):14-15.

Azoy, A.C.M. Charge: The Story of the Battle of San }'uan Hill. New York: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1961.

Ball, Larry D. "Militia Posses: The Territorial Militia in Civil Law Enforcement in New Mexico Territory, 1883-1887." New Mexico Historical Review Qanuary 1980):47- 69.

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1969. Contains information about the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion.

Case, Blair. "Clark Field: Air Defense Debacle in the Philippines." Air Defense Magazine Quly- September 1982):4-7.

Fisher, Ernest F., J r. Ca . .,-sino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977. Contains information about the 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

"Heroes of Bataan." The National Gua·rdsman 17 (March 1963): back cover. Historical Division, War Department. Salerno: Ame·rican OjJerations From the

Beaches to the Voltumo (9 SejJembe1·- 6 Octobe1·1943). American Forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1944. Contains information about the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion.


---·Small. Unit Action.s. American forces in Action. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946. Contains information about the 804th Tank Dcslroyer Battalion.

" I Bowed Brie lly on Grim Corregidor." The Push Pin Post 8 (November 1978):4.

Maddox, Robert J. "Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders." American Hist01y Illustrated 12 (November 1977):8- 19.

Marshall, Edward. The St01y of the Rough Riden, 1st U.S. Volunteer Caval?y: The Regiment in CamfJ and on the Battlefield. New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, Publishers, 1899.

Mellnik, Stephen M. "The Life and Death of the 200th Coast Artillery (AA)." Coast A1·tillery joumal90 (March-April 1947):2-7.

Morton, Louis. The Fall of the PhilifJfJines. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1953.

Pico, Susan. "ADA in New Mexico National Guard." Air Defense Magazine (October-December 1979):20-22.

Roosevelt, Theodore. The Rough Riden. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899.

Westermeir, Clifford R. Who Rush to Gl01y: The Cavalry Volttnl.eers of 1898. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1958.

263d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY H ERALDIC I TEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, on a cross of the field fimbriated or two cannon in pale of the last.

C1·esl: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the South Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors, or and gules, upon a mount vert a palmetto tree proper charged with a crescent argent.

Mollo: Unsurrendered. Symbolism: The shield is red for artillery. The red cross of Saint George

symbolizes the origin of the regiment prior to the War of the American Revolution. T he two cannon a1·e old trophies of the regiment.

DISTINCTIVE l NSI(:NJA


LINEAGE AND HONORS

L INEAGE

ARNG (South Carolina)

Organized in 1756 at Charles Town as the Artillery Company of Charles Town, commanded by Capt. Christopher Gadsden. Chartered 31 J uly 1760 by the colony of South Carolina. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated in 1775 as the Charles Town Battalion of Artillery. Surrendered 12 May 1780 to the British forces at Charles Town. Reconstituted in 1783 as the Charleston Battalion of Artillery and organized at Charleston. Attached 17 December 1794 to the 7th Brigade, 2d Division, South Carolina Mi litia. Expanded, reorganized, and redesigna ted 16 December 1797 as the 1st Regiment of Artillery. Provisional battalion from the 1st Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Maj. J ohn P. Felder, mustered into federal service 6 November 1814 at Charleston; mustered out of federal service 3 March I 8 I 5 at Charleston. Elements of the 1st Regiment of Artille ry mustered into federal service 10 March 1836 at Charleston; mustered out of federal service 6- 7 April I 836 at Charleston. While remaining in state service during the Civil War the 1st Regiment of Artillery furnished personnel for the German Artillery Battery and the Washington Artillery, volunteer units in the Confederate States Army. German Artillery Battery disbanded in April 1865 at Camden, South

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Carolina; remaining artillery units surrendered 26 April 1865 at Greensboro, North Carol ina, with the Army of the Tennessee.

Reorganized in 1878 in the South Carolina Volunteer Troops at Charleston as the lst Regiment of Artillery. Reorganized in 1883 as the German Artillery and Lafayette Artillery.

Lafayette Artillery consolidated 1 May 1892 with the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery (see ANNEX) and the Chicora Rifles (organized 22 February 1890 at Mount Pleasant, as Company F, 1st Battalion of Infantry) to form the Naval Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the South Carolina Volunteer Troops and allotted to the South Carolina Naval Militia. South Carolina Naval Militia called into active federal service 8 April 1917 at home stations to serve on patrol duty with the United States Navy off the coast of South Carolina; personnel demobilized in 1919.

Reorganized 21 July 1923 in the South Carol ina National Guard as the 1st Coast Defense Command, Coast Artillery Corps, with Headquarters at Beaufort. Redesignated 25 March 1924 as the 1st Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery Corps. Redesignated 31 J uly 1925 as the 263d Coast Artillery Battalion. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 10 June 1930 as the 263d Coast Artillery. Headquarters federally recognized 14 .June 1930 at Beau fort. (3d Battalion, 263d Coast Artillery, reorganized and redesignated l 0 December 1940 as the 1 07th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery-see below.)

263d Coast Artillery inducted into federal service 13 J anuary 1941 at home stations. Regiment broken up I October 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Batteries C, D, and E as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery and Batteries A, B, and C, respectively, Harbor Defense of Charleston; Headquarters and Headquarters Batteries, 1st and 2d Battalions; Battery F, and Searchlight Battery disbanded (Batteries A and B as the 248th and 249th Coast Artillery Batteries, respectively-hereafter separate lineages) .

Harbor Defense of Charleston redesignated 30 June 1945 as the 263d Coast Artillery and inactivated at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.

1st Battalion, 263d Coast Artillery, reorganized and federally recognized 4 April 194 7 as the 713th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion with Headquarters at Lancaster. Ordered into active federal service 15 August 1950 at home stations; released 14 June 1952 from active federal service and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 713th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

2d Battalion, 263d Coast Artillery, reorganized and federally recognized 15 April 194 7 as the 678th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion with Headquarters at Anderson. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 678th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

1 07th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery, inducted into federal service 10 February 194 1 at home stations. Reorganized and redesignated 13 November 1943 as the l07th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weap-

LINEAGES AN D HERALDIC DATA 399

ons Battalion. Inactivated 5 December 1944 in Italy. Reorgan ized and federa lly recogn ized I 0 February I 947 with Headquarte rs at Newberry. Redesignated I October I 953 as the 1 07th Antiai rcraft Artillery Battalion.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 263d Coast Arti llery, and the 713th, 678th, and I 07th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions consolidated I April J 959 and consolidated un it reorgani.zed and redesignated as the 263d Artille ry, a pa rent regiment under the Combat Arms Regime ntal System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Automatic Weapons Battalions and the 4th DetachmenL Reorganized 1 April I 963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Automatic Weapons Batta lions a nd the 4th Detachment. Reorganized I .Jan uary 1968 to consist of the 2d Battalion. Redesignated I November 1972 as the 263d Air De fense Artille ry. Reorganized I August 1975 to consist of the 2d Battalion, a n element of the 26th Infantry Division.

ANNEX

Organized 2 1 February 1776 at Beaufort as the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery. Assigned 18 October 1776 to the 4th South Carolina Regiment (Contine ntal) (Art illery). Surrendered 12 May I 780 to the British forces at Charles T own. Reorganized in 1800 in the South Carolina Mili tia at Beaufort as the Beaufort Volu ntecr Artillery; incorporated 20 Decem ber 1820. Consolidated about 1843 with the Beau for t Volunteer Gua rds (incorporated 18 Decem be•- 1824 at Beaufort) and consolidated unit redesignated as the Beaufort Volunteer Company of Artillery. Mustered into Confederate service 14 March 1862 at Beaufort. Surrendered 26 Apri l 1865 near Greensboro, No1·th Caro lina, with the Army of the ~, ennessee. Reorganized 12 March I 878 in the South Caroli na Volun tee r Troops at Beaufo r t.

CAMPAI GN P ARTICIPATION CREDIT

Rroolulionm)• IVm Charleston Savannah South Carolina 1775 Soul h Carolina 1779

War of 1812 Streamer without inscription

Ch,il W<lr-Confrdemlf sl'rvice Sumter South Carolina 1862

South C<~rolina 1863 South Camlina 1864 South C<~rolina 1865 No•·th Carolina 1865

Wo1'id War II Tunisia Sicily (with arrowhead) Rome· i\ rno Southern France (with arrowhead)

Battery B (Easley), 2d Batta lion, add itiona lly e ntitled to the fo llowing : World War 11- I·:AMH

Nonhcm France Rhineland

DECORATIONS

None.


263D A IR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cureton, Charles, and Fitzhugh McMaster. "The Charleston Battalion of Artillery, 1778-1797." Militcwy Collector and Histm·ian 30 (Spring 1978):25.

Davis, Nora Marshall. Histo·ry of the 263rd Coast Artille?y (1-JD) Regiment, SCNG. Columbia, 1938.

McMaster, Fitzhugh. "Colonial Cannon, South Carol ina Artillery, 1670-1813." Field ArtilleTy journal 45 (September-October 1977):47-50.

Z07th SefJamte Coast Artillery Battalion (AA), CamfJ StewaTt. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

Todd, Frederick P .. "Notes on the Organization and Uniforms of South Carolina Military Forces, 1860-1861." Military Collectm· and Historian 3 (September 1951):53-62.

265th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY HERALDI C ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, on the bend nebuly or between a bezent bearing a mullet of four points azure and a roundel barry wavy of six of the second and of the last, a lightning Aash of the third.

C1·est: That for the regiments and separate baualions of the Florida Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors, or and gu les, an alligawr statant proper.

Motto: Home and Country. Symbolism: The colors scarlet and yellow arc used for artillery. The

unit's service in Alaska during World War Il is denoted by the bezent, symbol for gold , and the four-pointed polar star. The diagonal stripe with the nebuly edges, heraldic symbol for clouds, bearing a lightning flash signifies the air defense artillery mission. The barry wavy roundel alludes to water and refers to the former coast artillery service. Additionally, it indicates the organization's location in Florida and alludes to the legendary "Fountain of Youth" sought by Ponce de Leon, the discoverer of Flor ida.

DISTINCTIV E I NS IGN IA


LINEAGE AND HONORS

LINEAGE

ARNG (Florida)

Constituted 19 October 1923 in the Florida National Guard as the I st Separate Battalion, Coast Artille ry Corps. Organized and federally recognized I 4 November 1923 with Headquarters at Jacksonville. Redesignated 4 April 1924 as the 1st Separate Battal ion , Coast Artillery. Redesignated 22 July 1925 as the 265th Coast Artillery Battalion. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 20 November 1929 as the 265th Coast Artillery. Inducted into federal service 6 January 1941 at home stations. Disbanded 3 1 Jul y 1944 in Alaska. Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Florida National Guard.

Headquarters and 1st Battalion, 265th Coast Artillery, t·eorganized and federally recognized 5 December 1946 as the 692d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an element of the 48th Infantry Divi-

40 1

402 AIR DEFENSE ARTI LLERY

sion (later redesignated as the 48th Armored Division), with Headquarters at J acksonville. Redesignated 1 February 1949 as the I 48th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the I 48th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

2d Battalion reorganized and federa lly recognized 17 December 1946 as the ?12th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion with Headquarters at Miami. Ordered into active federal service 1 May 195 1 at home stations; released 30 April 1953 from active federal service and rever ted to state control. Location of Headquarters changed 22 June 1953 to Sarasota. Redesignated I Octobet· 1953 as the ? 12th Antiaircraft Artiller y Battalion.

(Headquarters Battery reorganized and federally recognized 15 September 1946 at J acksonvi lle as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 227th Antiaircraft Artillery Gt·oup- hereafter separate lineage.)

148th and 7 12th Antiaircraft Arti llery Baua lions consolid ated 15 April 1959 and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 265th Artillery, a parent regiment unde r the Combat Arms Regimemal System, to consist of the 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion and the 2d Howitzer Battalion. Reorganized 15 February I 963 to consist of the I st and 2d Automatic Weapons Battalions and the I 6th and 17th Detachmen ts. Reorganized 20 January 1968 to consist of' the 1st Battalion. Redesignated I November 1972 as the 265th Air Defense At·tillery.

CAMPA l GN PARTICli'I\TION CREDI T

Worlcl War II Asiatic-Pacific T hca1cr, S11·camcr

without inscriptiou

DECOR/\' J' IONS

None.

265TII AIR DEFENSE A RTILLERY BII.H .IOGRAPilY

llislorical Annual> National Guard of Lhe Stale of Florida. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1939.

51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY Ht·:RALDtc l'n~MS

CoAT oF ARMS

Shield: Crest: Mollo:

Gules, on a bezant a bomber, nose to base, sable. None approved. We Sweep the Sky.

S)'mbolism: The scarlet shield and the yellow disc charged with the diving bomber symbolize the antiaircraft nature of the organization.

DISTI NCTI VE lNSIGNIJ\


LINEAGE AND HONORS

LI NEAGE

Constituted in .J uly 1923 in the Organized Reserves as the 51 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August l 925. Inactivated I January 1938; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to tile Regular Army. Redesignated I August 1940 as the 78th Coast Artillery (1st Battalion concurrently activated at Ma•·ch field, Cal ifornia) . Regiment (less 1st Battalion) activated J 0 f ebruary 194 J at Camp Haem, California. (3d Battalion activated 15 .June 1942 at Long Beach, California; reorganized and redesignated I 0 September 1913 as the 248tb Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion- hereafter separate lineage) . Regimenl broken up 7 february 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as fol lows: Headquaners and Headquarters Battery as I leadquarters and Headquarters Bauery, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; lst Battalion as the 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 59 l st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.

I leadquarters and Headquarters Bauery, 78th Antiaircraft Anillery Group, disbanded 3 February 1945 at Camp Earle, Alaska. Reconstituted I 0 January 1949 in the Organized Reserve Corps, redesignated as l leadquaners and H eadquarters Battery, 328th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, and assigned to the fifth Army. Activated I February 1949 at Great Bend, Kansas. (Organized Reser·ve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated I December 1955 at Great Bend, Kansas. Withdrawn 31 .July 1959 ('rom the Army Rese•·ve and alloucd to the Regula•· Army.

78th Antiaircraft Anillery Gun Battalion inactivated 3 1 October 1945 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 24 .June 1955 in Korea. Redesignated 13 September 1955 as

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the 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated l 0 October 1955 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Inactivated 6 September 1958 at Libertyville, Illinois.

59 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 26 .J anuary 1945 at Camp Hood, Texas. Redesignated 28 J une 1950 as the 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 14 May 1952 as the 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 3 August 1952 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Redesignated 24 J uly 1953 as the 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1957 at Detroit, Michigan.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 328th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion; and 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion consolidated, reorganized , and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 5 1 7th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 51 7th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION C REDIT

World War /I Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention First UN counteroffensive

DECORATIONS

None.

CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall o ffensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-fall 1952 Third Korean wintc1· Korea, summer 1953


1st MISSILE BATTALION, 51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery A, 51 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August 1925. Inactivated 1 J anuary 1938; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 1 August 1940 as Battery A, 78th Coast Artillery, and activated at March Field , California.

Reorganized and redesignated 7 February 1944 as Battery A, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1945 as Battery C, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Composite Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1953 as Battery C, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redes ignated 13 February 1954 as Battery C, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

Consolidated 1 September 1958 with Battery A, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 51 7th Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Battalion inactivated 23 December 1960 at Mundeloin, Illinois. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Missile Battalion, 51 7th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 9 December 1948 in the Regular Army as Battery A, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Korea. Redesignated 13 September 1955 as Battery A, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated 10 October 1955 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War 11

*Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)

K oremt W (~r *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF intervention *First UN counteroffensive

DECORATIONS

*CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean wimcr *Korea. summe1·-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953



2d MISSILE BATTALION, 51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted in july 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 51 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August 1925. inactivated 1 J anuary 1938; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated I August 1940 as Battery B, 78th Coast Artillery, and activated at March Field, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 7 February J 944 as Battery B, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 31 October 1945 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Korea. Redesignated 13 September 1955 as Battery B, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated 10 October 1955 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

Reorganized and redesignated l September 1958 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Missile Battalion, 5 1 7th Artill ery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated J September 1958). Battalion inactivated 8 February 1963 at Carleton, Michigan. Redesignated 1 September J 971 as the 2d Missile Baualion, 51 7th Air Defense Artillery.


World War// *Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)

Kore(m War *UN defensive *UN offensive *CCF imcrvcmion

D ECORATIONS

*First UN counleroffensi\'e *CCF spring offensive *UN sununer-fa ll offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, sunHller-fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, sununer 1953

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamei· e mbroidered D I!:FENSE OF KOREA (78th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 5 1, 1957)


3d BATTALION, 51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

RA (inactive)

LINEAGE

Constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery C, 51 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August 1925. Inactivated 1 J anuary 1938; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated I August 1940 as Battery C, 78th Coast Artillery, and activated at March Field, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 7 February 1944 as Battery C, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 31 October 1945 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Activated 15 .January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 24 J une 1955 in Korea. Redesignated 13 September 1955 as Battery C, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated 10 October 1955 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1958 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 51 7th Artillery (organic elements constituted 12 August 1958 and activated 1 September 1958). Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 3d Battalion, 51 7th Artillery. Redesignated l September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 51 7th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan.


World W(!l' II J\1cutian 1sl<tnds (with arrowhead)

Korean Wm· UN ddcnsive

*UN offensive *CCF intervention

DECORATIONS

*First UN counterollensive *CCF spring offe nsive *U N summer- fall oiTensive *Second Korean win ter *Korea, summer- fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Kot·ca, summer 1953



4th BATTALION, 51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LIN EAGE

Constituted in j u ly 1923 in the O rganized Reserves as Battery D, 5 1 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August 1925. Inactivated 1 J anuary 1938; concurrently withd rawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 1 August 1940 as Battery D, 78th Coast Artillery, and activated at March Field, Califo rnia.

Reorganized and redesignated 7 February I 944 as Battery D, 78th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1945 as Battery D, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Composite Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1953 as Battery D, 526th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1954 as Battery D, 526th Antiaircraft Artill ery Missile Battalion.

Consolidated 1 Septem ber 1958 with Battery D, 86th Antiaircraft Artille ry Missile Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Gun Battalion, 5 1 7th Artillery (organic elements constituted 8 August 1958 and activated l September 1958). Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1960 as the 4th Missile Battalion, 517th Artillery. Redesignated 20 May 1968 as the 4th Battalion, 5 1 7th Artillery. Inactivated 3 1 March 1970 at Fort Clayton, Canal Zone. Redesignated 1 September 197 1 as the 4th Battalion, 51 7th Air Defense Artillery.

ANNEX

Constituted 9 December 1948 in the Regular Army as Battery D, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated I 5 J anuary 1949 at For t Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 24 june 1955 in Korea. Redesignated I3 Septem ber 1955 as Battery D, 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion. Activated 10 October 1955 at Fort Sheridan, I llino is. Redesignated 15 September 1956 as Battery D, 86th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.

CAM PAIGN PARTICIPAT ION CREDIT World Wm· ll

*Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)

Korea11 Wa1· UN defensive

*UN offensive *CCF intervention

DECORATIONS

*First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Kore<ln winter *Korea, summer 1953

*Republic of Korea Presidentia l Unit Citation, Streamer e mbroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (78th Antiaircraft Artille ry Gun Battalio n cited; DA GO 5 1, 1957)


5th MISSILE BATTALION, 51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted in] uly 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery E, 51 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August 1925. Inactivated I J anuary 1938; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 1 August 1940 as Battery E, 78th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Haan, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 7 February 1944 as Battery A, 59lst Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 26 January 1945 at Camp Hood, Texas. Redesignated 28 June 1950 as Battery A, 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 14 May 1952 as Battery A, 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 3 August 1952 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Redesignated 24 July 1953 as Battery A, 99th Antiaircraft Arti llery Battalion. Inactivated 15 J une 1957 at Hazel Park, Michigan.

Redesignated 18 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 517th Artillery. Activated 15 March 1960 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas (organic elements constituted l February 1960 and activated 15 March 1960). Battalion inactivated 25 J une 1966 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 5th Missile Battalion, 51 7th Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATI ON CREDIT

World War II *Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)

Korean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervention

D ECORATIONS

None.

First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953


6th BATTALION, 51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY RA

(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted inJ uly 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Battery F, 51 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August 1925. Inactivated l J anuary 1938; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 1 August 1940 as Battery F, 78th Coast Artillery. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Haan, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 7 February 1944 as Battery B, 591st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 26 J anuary 1945 at Camp Hood, Texas. Redesignated 28 June 1950 as Battery B, 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Redesignated 14 May 1952 as Battery B, 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Activated 3 August 1952 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Redesignated 24 July 1953 as Battery B, 99th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1957 at Detroit, Michigan.

Redesignated 3] July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 5 1 7th Artillery. Redesignated 18 J anuary 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 517th Artillery (organic elements concurrently consol idated). Battalion activated 12 March 1962 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20 August 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 51 7th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 51 7th Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 28 September 1972 in Germany.

CAMPAI GN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II *Aleutian lsl;mds (with arrowhead)

Knrean War UN defensive UN offensive CCF intervemion

DECORATIONS

First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean wintc•· Korea, summe•·-1~111 1952 T hird Korean wimer Korea, summer 1953

*Pres idential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embro id ered CHICHAGOF HARBOR, ATru (Battery F, 78th Coast Artillery, cited; WD GO 10, 1944)


16th DETACHMENT, 51 7th AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

Ll 1EAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted in July 1923 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquaners Battery, 3d Battalion , 5 1 7th Coast Artillery. Organized in August 1925. Inactivated I J anuary 1938; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to t l1 e Regular Army. Redesignated 1 August 1940 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 78th Coast Arti ll ery. Activated 15 J une 1942 at Lon g Beach, Ca liforn ia.

Reorgan ized and redesig nated I 0 September 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 248th Antiaircraft Anillery Search light Battalion. Inactivated 4 November 1944 at Camp Howze, Texas. Disbanded 28 June 1950.

Reconstitutecl 5 August 1958 in the Regular Army and redesignated as the 16th Detachme nt, 5 17th Arti llery. Activated I September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas. f nactivated 23 September 1960 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 16th Detachmen t, 5 17th Air Def'cnse Arti llery.

CAMPA I GN P ARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

D ECO RATI ONS

None.

5 17TII Am. D EFENSE ARTI LLERY BIIH .IOCRAPHY

Ackert, T homas W. "Operation 'We Go.' "Antiai1·crajt A.rtillery j oumal94 (March-April 195 1):7- 11. Per1ains to the 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Brooks, Arthur C. " From Pusa n to Unsan Wi th the I Oth Antiaircral't Artille ry Group. " 1\'ntiai·rc-raji A-rtille·ry j ounwl 94 (J a nuary-Febru a r y 1951): 13-15. Contains information about the 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Brown, William F. "Chongchon Withdrawal." Antiaircmft Artille1)' } oumal 94 (March- April 195 1): 18-20. Contains information about the 78th Antiaircra fl Artillery Banalion.

"Colonel He nning and the I Oth Antiaircraft Arti llery G1·ou p." A ntiai?·cmji A?tilleJy j ourn.al95 (March- April 1952):7. Contains information abou t t.he 78th Antiaircraft Artille ry Battalion.

Gooding, Earl Robert. "78th Amiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion." Antiaircraft A1·tillery.founud 96 (September- October 1953):9-11.


Marquat, William F. "Automatic Artillery in Korea." Antiai1·cmji ATtille1y joumal 93 (November-December 1950):2- 9; 94 (January-February 1951):2-12; (March- April 1951):2-5; (May-June 1951):2- 6; (July- August 1951):2-9; (September- October 1951):2- 5; (November-December 1951 ):2-6; 95 U anuary- February 1952) :2-5; (March-April 1952):8- 10; (May-June 1952):12-15. Contains information about the 78th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

78th AAA Gun Battalion (90 mm), Fort Bliss, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.

78th Coast Artillery, Antiaircraft, CamjJ Haan, Califomia, First Anniversary Number, 1941. Los Angeles: Times-Mirror, 1941.

562d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY HERALD IC ITEMS

CoAT oF ARMS

Shield: Gules, a pile bendwise or, a dragon passant coun

Crest: Motto: Symbolism:

terchanged pierced by an arrow bend sinisterwise sable. None approved. Tuebor (1 Will Defend). The red field indicates artillery. The pile represents the searchlight beam playing on the enemy in the sky, sym-bolized by the dragon. The black arrow signifies the gun and machine-gun fire from the ground.

DIST INCTIVE INSIGNIA


LIN EAGE AND HONORS

LINEAGE

Constituted 5 September 1928 in the Organized Reserves as the 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 November 1928 as the 917th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 with Headquarters at Roanoke, Virginia. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as the 70th Coast Artillery and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Regiment broken up 10 November 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; lst Battalion as the 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; 2d Battalion as the 925th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; 3d Battalion disbanded on Guadalcanal.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 15 May 1947 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated ll Aprill949 injapan.lnactivated 26June 1950 in japan.

70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 30 May 194 7 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 15 May 1953 as the 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Bailey's Cross Roads, Virginia.

925th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 31 August 1946 on Luzon, Philippine lslands. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as the 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion.

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Activated 8 J une J 949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Assigned 14 November J 951 to the 25th Infantry Division. Redesignated 15 April 1953 as the 21st Antiaircraft Artil lery Batta lion. Relieved l February 1957 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division. Inactivated 14 December J 957 in Ilawai i.

I Ieadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, and the 70th and 2 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 562d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 562d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTIC IPATION CREDIT World War II

Northern Solomons 1\ismarck Archipelago l.cyte Luzon (with arrowhead)

Korean Wor CCf intervention

DECORATIONS

First UN counterol'fcnsive CCF spring o i'ICnsive UN summer- fal l offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer- fall 1952 T hird Korean wintCI' Korea. summer I ~,')3

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WON.fUII WACJ ION (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

Navy U nit Commendation, Streamer embro idered PANMUNJOM (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

Phi lip pine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 J ULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; and 925th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

LI NEAGES AND H ERALDIC DATA 4 15

1st MISSILE BATTALION, 562d AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constitu ted 5 September l 928 in the Organized Reserves as Battery A, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 September 1928 as Battery A, 9 17th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virginia. Inactivated l October I 933; concurrently withd rawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as Bauery A, 70th Coast Anillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1943 as Batte ry A, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalio n. Inactivated 30 May 194 7 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fo rt Bliss, Texas . Redesignated 15 May 1953 as Battery A, 70 th Antiairc raft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 Decem bet· l 957 in northern Virginia.

Redesignated 12 August I 958 as Headquar ters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Missile Battalion, 562d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constitu ted ). Batta lion activated l September I 958 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated 11 December 1962 at For t George G. Meade, Maryland. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artille ry.

CAMPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT World W11r II

*Northern Solomons Bismarck Ar·chipclago l.eytc

• Luzon (with arrowhe;rd)

Kortall War CCF intervention

DECORATIONS

FirSL UN courncro l'fensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third KOJ"c<lll winter· Korea, summer 1953

Presiden tial Unit Cita tio n (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJ UII WACJ-J ON

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embro ide red I'AN MUNJOM *Philippine Presid entia l U nit Ci tatio n , Streamer e m broide r ed

17 OCTOBER I 944 TO 4 .J ULY 1945 (70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited ; DA GO 47, 1950)



(inactive) LlNEACE

Constituted 5 September 1928 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 November 1928 as Battery B, 917th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virginia. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as Battery B, 70th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1943 as Battery B, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 30 May 194 7 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 15 May 1953 as Battery B, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Annandale, Virginia.

Redesignated 5 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Gun Battalion, 562d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 15 September 1958 in Alaska. Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1959 as the 2d Missile Battalion, 562d Artillery. Redesignated 31 March 1968 as the 2d Battalion, 562d Artillery. Inactivated 30 June 1971 a t Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTlClPATlON CREDIT World War II

Northern Solomons Bismarck Archipelago Leyte


Korean Wm· CCF imervention

DECORATIONS

First UN counteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer-fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer-falll952 T hird Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJUHWACHON

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUN.JOM *Phili ppine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered

17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Headquarters Battery additionally entitled to Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FAIRBANKS, ALASKA (Headquarters Battery, 2cl Missile Battalion, 562cl Artillery, cited; DA GO 21, 1968)


3d MISSILE BATT ALI ON, 562d AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

LINEAGE

RA (inactive)

Constituted 5 September J 928 in the Organized Rese rves as Battery C, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 November 1928 as Battery C, 917th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virginia. Inactivated J October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as Battery C, 70th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized a nd redesignated 10 November 1943 as Batte ry C, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 30 May 194 7 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 15 J anuary 1949 at Fort Bliss, T exas. Redesignated 15 May 1953 as Battery C, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Gun Springs, Virginia.

Redesignated 12 August 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, 562d Artillery (organic elemen ts concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 1 Sep tember 1958 at Croom, Maryland. Inactivated 15 Decembe1- 1961 at Suitland, Maryland. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 3d Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPAT ION CREDIT World Wm· If

*Northern Solomons Bismarck Archipeh1go Lcytc


Kornw War CCF imervention

DECORATIONS

First UN cou nteroffensive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean winter Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third Korean winter· Korea, summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WON.JUIIWAC JI ON

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM *Ph ilippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered

17 OCTOllER 1944 TO 4 J ULY 1945 (70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



RA (inactive)

LIN EAGE

Constituted 5 September 1928 in the Organized Reserves as Battery D, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 November 1928 as Battery D, 917th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virginia. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1938 as Battery D, 70th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated l 0 November 1943 as Battery D, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Inactivated 30 May 194 7 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 15 May 1953 as Battery D, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Forrestville, Virginia.

Redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 562d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 15 J une 1959 at Da11as, Texas. Redesignated 20 December 1965 as the 4th Battalion , 562d Artillery. Inactivated 10 February 1969 at Duncanville, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 4th Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREOIT World War II

*Northern Solomons l~ismarck Archipelago LC)' le


Korean War CCF intervention

DECORATIONS

First UN coumcroffcnsive CCF spring offensive UN summer- fall offensive Second Korean wimcr Korea, summer- fall 1952 Third Korean winter Korea, summer 1953

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WON.JUHWACHON

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM *Philippine Presid entia l Unit Citation, Su-eamer embroidered

17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 J ULY 1945 (70th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)



(inactive) LI NEAGE

Constituted 5 September 1928 in the Organized Reserves as Battery E, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 Novembe r 1928 as Battery E, 9 17th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virgin ia. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as Battery E, 70th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1943 as Batte ry A, 925th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 3 1 August 1946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery A, 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 8 J une 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion assigned 14 November 1951 to the 25th Infantry Division.) Redesignated 15 April 1953 as Battery A, 2 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. (2 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion relieved l February 1957 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division.) Inactivated 14 December 1957 in Hawaii.

Redesignated 18 j une 1959 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 5th Missile Battalion, 562d Artillery. Activated 17 March 1960 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana (organic elements constitu ted I February 1960 and activated 17 March 1960). Battalion inactivated 25 March 1966 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 5th Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 5th Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.


*Northern Solomons *Bismarck Archipelago *Leyte

Luzon (with arrowhead)

Korean War *CCF intervention

Dt::CORA"rlONS

*First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *UN summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer- fall 1952 *Third Korean winter *Korea, summer 1953

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJUJJ WAC HON (21st Antiaircraft Artill ery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

*Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANM UNJOM (2 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)


*Philippine Preside ntial Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 .J ULY 1945 (925th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-Nl (2 1st Antiai rcraft Artillery Automatic Wea pons Battalion cited; DA GO 19, 1955)



(inactive) LINEAGE

Constituted 5 September 1928 in the Organized Reserves as Battery F, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 November 1928 as Battery E, 917th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virginia. I nactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as Battery F, 70th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1943 as Battery B, 925th Antiaircr·aft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. I nactivated 31 August 1946 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Redesignated 13 October 1948 as Battery B, 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Activated 8 J une 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas. (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion assigned 14 November 1951 to the 25th Infantry Division.) Redesignated 15 April 1953 as Battery B, 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion relieved 1 February 1957 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division.) Inactivated 14 December 1957 in Hawaii.

Redesignated 31 J uly 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Battalion, 562d Artillery. Redesignated 18 January 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Missile Battalion, 562d Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted). Battalion activated 7 May 1962 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 20. August 1965 as the 6th Battalion, 562d Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 6th Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. Inactivated 13 September 1972 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War 1l

*Nonhern Solomons *Bismarck Archipelago *Leyte Luzon (with arrowhead)

Korean War *CCF intervention

DECORATIONS

*First UN counteroffensive *CCF spring offensive *U N summer-fall offensive *Second Korean winter *Korea, summer-fall 1952 *Third Koreau winter *Korea, summer 1953

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJUHWACHON (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

*Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANM UN.JOM (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 38, 1957)

*Philippine Presidential Un it Citation, Streamer embroidered

422 A IR DEFENSE ARTILLERY

17 OCT'OI3ER 1944 TO 4JULY 1945 (925th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-Nl (21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion cited; DA GO 19, 1955)


12th DET ACHMENT, 562d AIR DEFENSE ART ILLERY

423

RA (inactive)

LINEAG E

Constituted 5 September 1928 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters Battery, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 November 1928 as Headquarters Battery, 917th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virginia. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withd rawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as H eadquarte rs Battery, 70th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized a nd redesignated I 0 November 1943 as Headqua rters Battery, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. Inactivated 15 May 1947 on Luzon, Philippine Islands. Activated 11 April 1949 in J apan . Inactivated 26 j une 1950 inJapan.

Redesignated 5 September 1957 as the 12th Detachment, 562d Artille ry, and activated at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated 23 January 1959 -at Fort George G. Mead e, Maryland. Redesignated I September 1971 as the 12th Detachment, 562d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War 11-AP

Northcm Solomons Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine President ia l Unit Citation, Streamer embr o idered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Head quarters Battery, 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, cited; DA GO 4 7, 1950)



RA (inactive)

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Constituted 5 September 1928 in the Organized Reserves as Battery I, 562d Coast Artillery. Redesignated 30 November 1928 as Battery I, 917th Coast Artillery. Organized in 1929 in Virginia. Inactivated 1 October 1933; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 4 November 1939 as Battery I, 70th Coast Artillery, and activated at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1943 as the 725th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battery. Inactivated 5 June 1948 on Guam. Redesignated 8 May 1956 as the 725th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery. Activated 15 May 1956 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 1 October 1957 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Redesignated 5 August 1958 as the 16th Detachment, 562d Artillery. Activated 1 September 1958 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Inactivated 17 September 1962 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 16th Detachment, 562d Air Defense Artillery.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War 11-AP

Bismarck Archipelago

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4.JULY 1945 (725th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battery cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

562D AIR D EFENSE ARTILLERY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aaron, JohnS. "24th Division Antiaircraft Artillery." Antiaircraft Artillery journal 95 (January-February 1952): 18-20. Contains information about the 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

"Activities of the 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade." Antiaircmji Artillery Journal 93 Uuly 1950):31-32. Contains information about the 70th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Bennett, Karl F. "With the 21st on a Task Force." Antiaircraft Artillery journal94 (November-December 1951): 13-15.

History' of the 21st Antiai1·crajt Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (SelfP?·opelled). New York: Thompson Litho Associates, 1953.

Keeling, William 0. "The A-B-C's for Ground Support." Antiair-craft Artillery journal94 (November-December 1951):9-11. Pertains to the 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.


Marquat, William F. "Automatic Artillery in Korea." Antiairc·raji Ar·tillery j ournal 93 (November-December 1950):2-9; 94 Oanuary-February 1951):2- 12; (March-April 1951):2-5; (May-J une 1951):2-6; Quly- August 195 1):2-9; (September-October 195 1):2-5; (November-December 1951) :2-6; 95 O anuary-February 1952):2-5; (March-April 1952):8-10; (May-J une 1952):12-15. Contains information about the 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Mor rison, Robert C. "The Wolfl1ounds Fangs." Antiaircraft Ar·tille?yjountal 94 (November-December 195 1):7-9. Pertains to the 21st Antiaircraft Artille ry Battalion.

Popovics, john. "Baker Battery Supports the 'Wolfhounds.' "Antiai?'Cmft Artille1y journal 95 Oanuary-February 1952): 12-14. Pertains to the 21st An tiaircra~·t Artillery Battalion.

70thAAA GunBattalion(90mm),FortBliss, Texas, 1949. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1949.

"The 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (SP) in Combat." Antiair·craft A-rtilleryjoumal94 Quly-August 1951): 16-20.

Williams, Daniel B. "The Missions of'Quad Lightning.' "Antiaircmft A-rtilleryjournal96 (March-April 1953): 17-18. Pertains to the 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Glossary of Lineage Terms ACTIVATE. To bring into being or establish a unit that has been constituted.

Usually personnel and equipment are assigned at this time; however, a unit may be active at zero strength, that is, without personnel or equipment. This term was not used before· I 921. It is never used when referring to Army National Guard units, and only since World War I I has it been used in connection with Army Reserve units. (See also ORGANIZE.)

ALLOT. To assign a unit to one of the components of the United States Army. The present components of the Army a re the Regular Army (RA), the Army National Guard (ARNG), and the Army Reserve (AR), which was formerly known as the Organized Reserves and the Organized Reserve Corps. During World War I units were also allotted to the National Army, and during World War II to the Army of the United States. A unit may be withdrawn from any component except the Army National Guard and allotted to another. The new allotment, however, does not change the history, lineage, .and honors of the unit.

ASSIGN. To make a unit part of a larger organization and place it under that organization's command and control until it is relieved from the assignment. As a rule, only divisional and separate brigade assignments are shown in unit lineages.

CoNSOLIDATE. To merge or combine two or more units into one new unit. The new unit may retain the designation of one of the original units or it may have a new designation , but it inherits the history, lineage, and honors of all of the units affected by the merger. In 1he nineteenth century, .consolidation was frequently a merger of several understrength units to form one full-strength unit. At the present time, in the Regula r Army and the Army Reserve, units are usually consolidated when they arc inactive or when only one of the units is active; therefore, personnel and equipment arc seldom involved. l n the Army

ational Guard, on the other hand, active units are often consolidated, and their personnel are combined in the new unit.

CONSTITUTE. To place the designation of a new unit on the official rolls of the Army.

CoNv~:RT. To u·ansfer a unit from one branch of the Army to another, for example, from infantry LO armor. Such a move always requires a redesignation, with the un it adopting the name of its new branch; however, there is no break in the historical continuity of the unit. If the unit is active, it must also be reorganized under a new table of organization and equipment (TOE).

DEMOBILIZE. To remove the designation of a unit from the official rolls of the Army. If the unit is active, it must also be inactivated. This term is used in unit lineages only when 1·eferring to the period during and immediately after World War I. (For other periods, see DISBAND.)

DESIGNATION. The ofTicial title of a unit, consisting usually of a number and a name.

DISBAND. To remov.e the designation of a unit from the official rolls of the Army. l r the unit is active, it must also be inactivated.

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ELEMENT. A unit that is assigned to or part of a larger organization. (See also ORGANIC ELEMENT.)

INACTIVATE. To place a unit that is not currently needed in an inopera~ve status without assigned personnel or equipment. The unit's designation, however, is retained on the rolls of the Army, and it can be reactivated whenever needed. Its personnel and equipment are reassigned to one or more active units, but its organizational properties and trophies are put in storage. When the unit is activated again, it is assigned new personnel and equipment, but it keeps its old history, honors, and organizational properties and trophies. This term has been used only since. 1921. Before that time, units either remained active or were removed from the rolls of the Army.

ORDER INTO ACTIVE MILITARY SERV ICE. To place an Army Reserve unit on fuJItime active duty usually during a war or a major crisis, such as the Berlin crisis of 1961-62. After completing its active duty, the unit may be inactivated or it may be released from active military service, reverting to reserve status. This phrase does not apply to Army Reserve units on annual active duty training.

ORGANIC ELEMENT. A unit that is an integral part of a larger organization, for example, a lettered company of a battalion or regiment.

ORGANIZE. To assign personnel and equipment to a unit and make it operative, that is, capable of performing its mission.

RECONSTITUTE. To restore to the official rolls of the Ai·my a unit that has been disbanded or demobilized. The reconstituted unit may have a new designation, but it retains its former history, lineage, and honors.

REDESIGNATE. To change a unit's official name or number or both. Redesignation is a change of title only; the unit's history, lineage, and honors remain the same. Active as well as inactive units can be redesignated, but personnel and equipment of an active unit are not changed unless it is reorganized at the same time.

REORGANIZE. T o change the structure of a unit in accordance with a new table of organization and equipment (TOE), or to change from one type of unit to another within the same branch of the Army, for example, from mechanized to airborne infantry. (For reorganizations involving a new branch, see CONVERT.) When referring to the Army National Guard, however, this term also means to organize an active unit again.

TRANSFER LESS PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. To move a unit from one place to another without its personnel and equipment. The transfer is, therefor<:, merely a move on paper. The unit is usually reorganized at its new location with newly assigned personnel and equipment, but it retains its own lineage, honors, and organizational properties and trophies. The original personnel and equipment are reassigned to one or more units.


Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee

Roger A. Beaumont, Texas A&M University Maj. Gen. Quinn H. Becker, Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John B. Blount, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Brig. Gen. Dallas C. Brown, Jr., U.S. Army War College Richard D. Challener, Princeton University Col. Roy K. Flint, U.S. Military Academy John H. Hatcher, The Adjutant General Center Archer Jones, North Dakota State University Jamie W. Moore, The Citadel James C. Olson, University of Missouri J ames O'Neill, National Archives and Records Service Charles P. Roland, University of Ke ntucky John Shy, University of Michigan Col. William A. Stofft, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

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